epub to mobi

ConorHughes · 09-24-2010, 04:02 PM

Hi guys, I used Dr. Goyal's Calibre to convert my epub into mobi format. However is there anyway I can take a peak into whats inside the file? I need to know if the export is clean and without inserting metadata into the file and if it is to clean it up and make sure it passes Amazon's dtp. Are they any mobi editors along the lines of sigil, or perhaps more powerful? Thanks!
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AnemicOak · 09-24-2010, 05:38 PM

There is no software that will let you simply open a Mobi file and edit it like Sigil does for ePubs. The only way to edit a Mobi file once it's made is to use something (mobi2html, mobi2oeb...) to bust it apart and then remake the Mobi file when you're done.

If you're having DTP problems with Mobi files generated from ePub you might try Mobipocket Desktop reader or KindleGen to make your Mobi file instead.

ATDrake · 09-24-2010, 05:41 PM

Unfortunately, Mobi is not an open or even documented format, so everyone's basically been reverse-engineering it and there's no real way to edit Mobi files as-is.

But you can use various unpacking tools, like the Ebook-Tools perl module, or MobiPerl, or mobiunpack; the latter two of which are the projects of fellow MobileRead members.

These have options to output the specially marked-up Mobipocket variant of HTML that usually gets generated from the original source files, and you can edit and repack once you're satisfied.

Dworkyll · 09-27-2010, 07:41 PM

Hi guys!

Seems the kindlegen can create fairly nice mobis from epubs. One small problem, I',m unable to beat, it does not "recreate" the TOC from the epub. Neither does Mobipocket reader. (Calibre does this just fine).

Can anyone advise, how to use the kindlegen, to import the TOC as well?

Many thanks in advance.

st_albert · 10-15-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dworkyll

Hi guys!

Seems the kindlegen can create fairly nice mobis from epubs. One small problem, I',m unable to beat, it does not "recreate" the TOC from the epub. Neither does Mobipocket reader. (Calibre does this just fine).

Can anyone advise, how to use the kindlegen, to import the TOC as well?

Many thanks in advance.

Check out this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=102036

Basically, epub to mobi via callibre gets you an in-line TOC, but strips out some of the <guide> information that mobi readers would otherwise use. OTOH kindlegen and mobipocket publisher ignore the toc.ncx file from an epub, so don't build an inline toc. There's a way to have both, but it's a little involved. Details in the other thread.

Dworkyll · 10-24-2010, 05:19 PM

Thanks, I go and check it.

09-24-2010, 04:02 PM	#1
ConorHughes Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: All of the above	epub to mobi Hi guys, I used Dr. Goyal's Calibre to convert my epub into mobi format. However is there anyway I can take a peak into whats inside the file? I need to know if the export is clean and without inserting metadata into the file and if it is to clean it up and make sure it passes Amazon's dtp. Are they any mobi editors along the lines of sigil, or perhaps more powerful? Thanks! /c

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09-24-2010, 05:38 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	There is no software that will let you simply open a Mobi file and edit it like Sigil does for ePubs. The only way to edit a Mobi file once it's made is to use something (mobi2html, mobi2oeb...) to bust it apart and then remake the Mobi file when you're done. If you're having DTP problems with Mobi files generated from ePub you might try Mobipocket Desktop reader or KindleGen to make your Mobi file instead.

09-24-2010, 05:41 PM	#3
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Unfortunately, Mobi is not an open or even documented format, so everyone's basically been reverse-engineering it and there's no real way to edit Mobi files as-is. But you can use various unpacking tools, like the Ebook-Tools perl module, or MobiPerl, or mobiunpack; the latter two of which are the projects of fellow MobileRead members. These have options to output the specially marked-up Mobipocket variant of HTML that usually gets generated from the original source files, and you can edit and repack once you're satisfied.

09-27-2010, 07:41 PM	#4
Dworkyll Member Posts: 19 Karma: 7928 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Budapest Device: iPaq 214, HanLin V5, K3W, K4, KPW, iPad3	Hi guys! Seems the kindlegen can create fairly nice mobis from epubs. One small problem, I',m unable to beat, it does not "recreate" the TOC from the epub. Neither does Mobipocket reader. (Calibre does this just fine). Can anyone advise, how to use the kindlegen, to import the TOC as well? Many thanks in advance.

10-24-2010, 05:19 PM	#6
Dworkyll Member Posts: 19 Karma: 7928 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Budapest Device: iPaq 214, HanLin V5, K3W, K4, KPW, iPad3	Thanks, I go and check it.