11-25-2025, 07:17 AM
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Plugin Epub2Text to export an Epub ebook to Text
I've written a simple plugin to extract the text from an Epub.
Only the text is extracted from the HTML file, no links, images etc. Before exporting the ebook, I always run Tools - Reformat HTML - Mend and Prettify All HTML Files. The output file has the same filename as the Epub, but extension .txt. Existing files are not overwritten. I've used the plugin a few times myself and it works for me. I've also compared the output to the Calibre text output, and while there are differences (can't remember exactly, but I think Calibre replaces non-breaking spaces (and ligatures?) and keeps spaces at the beginning of a line, etc.), I still like my output. I hope some of you will find the tool useful. Feedback is appreciated. |
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11-25-2025, 12:11 PM
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??? What does this do different from the builtin "Output to" Conversion setting(s)
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11-25-2025, 05:17 PM
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Where do we find the 'builtin "Output to" conversion' setting? Are you perchance thinking about calibre's convert to text? The output is different between calibre and this plugin though I haven't decided which if either I prefer.
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11-25-2025, 08:35 PM
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Quote:
 Dang, this is the second time I gave a Calibre answer in Sigil
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