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Old 08-31-2022, 11:20 AM   #1
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Convert eBook to Zip via Command Line Interface
Using the command line interface "ebook-convert", is it possible to set the output a 'zip'?

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Old 08-31-2022, 11:36 AM   #2
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A .zip file not an ebook format so probably not. OTOH, an epub is already a .zip file so a simple rename will work.
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Both conversion via the calibre GUI and the ebook-convert CLI allow ZIP as an output format.

This is called "HTML Output" internally. It produces a ZIP file containing both an HTML file and a folder with the book's resources. Once unzipped, the HTML file in the root can be opened using a web browser in order to read the book.
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Old 08-31-2022, 12:55 PM   #4
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ebook-convert file.whatever file.zip
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Old 08-31-2022, 02:55 PM   #5
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ebook-convert file.whatever file.zip
I often the GUI convert to zip when I want to remove watermarks from pdf books. The result (when un-zipped) create a directory/folder contains files without the watermark. Will ebook-convert file.whatever file.zip produce the same result?
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Why not try it and see.

Additionally if the watermark is a DRM marking, please don't ask for help here.

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Why not try it and see.

Additionally if the watermark is a DRM marking, please don't ask for help here.

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No. It is not a DRM marking, so I will ask for help here.
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ebook-convert file.whatever file.zip
I've tried to convert file called e.pdf to new.zip, but it stops after

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Failed to initialize plugin: '/Users/wmfs/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/DeDRM.zip'
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: PDF Input running
on /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/e.pdf
Any idea what I'm doing wrong>
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dont put files to convert inside the calibre.app directory tree. Run it as

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/eboo-convert file.pdf file.epub

and what does stopped mean? did it crash and return to the prompt?
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dont put files to convert inside the calibre.app directory tree. Run it as

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/eboo-convert file.pdf file.epub

and what does stopped mean? did it crash and return to the prompt?
Sorry kovidgoyal; I was being impatient!

After a while the pdf was processed correctly, and has produced the result I was hoping for.

Thank you so much for you help (and patience)

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