kepubify v3: A fast, standalone EPUB to KEPUB converter (plus covergen/seriesmeta)

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Well, that makes perfect sense - even to a non-programmer. Unfortunately, the code you provided is not working either. (Win10) I can drag/drop to kepubify.exe but the following error appears with the .bat file:

'kepubify.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.'

C:\(my path)
Press any key to continue... (which = exit)

Are the batch file and kepubify.exe in the same directory? The %~dp0 translates to the drive letter and path of the batch file so kepubify.exe will need to in a directory listed in your system or personal path variables or in the same directory as the batch file.
Contents of the "mkkepub.cmd" file:

cd %~dp0
kepubify.exe --inplace --calibre --output . %1
pause

Output from dropping an epub file on it:

C:\Users\David\Desktop>cd C:\Users\David\Desktop\kepubify\

C:\Users\David\Desktop\kepubify>kepubify.exe --inplace --calibre --output . "C:\Users\David\Desktop\The Ten Immutable Laws of Security.epub"
Kepubify v3.1.3
Using extension .kepub for Calibre compatibility (this is meant for use with a Calibre library and will not work directly on a Kobo reader)

[  1/  1] Converting C:\Users\David\Desktop\The Ten Immutable Laws of Security.epub

1 total: 1 converted, 0 copied, 0 skipped, 0 errored

C:\Users\David\Desktop\kepubify>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

If you don't want to see most of the output, add @echo off as the first line in the batch file.

[Skydog]

@DNSB-

I just edited my last post. Yes, all required files are in the same directory but after rechecking I discovered one small typo. Drag and drop => bat file now works with a slight difference from your code: "cd /d %~dp0" (/d apparently not required). It's good to know about @echo.

Thank you very much for your assistance,

Patricia

[geek1011]

I've released a new mod which may be of interest to users of seriesmeta: NickelSeries.

[avresbo]

A question, probably stupid, what the option --css does exactly? how it works?
Thank you

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by avresbo

A question, probably stupid, what the option --css does exactly? how it works?
Thank you

> Custom CSS to add to ebook

Looks like it allows you to specify arbitrary CSS to affect the book formatting if it doesn't already have its own CSS...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by twowheels

> Custom CSS to add to ebook

Looks like it allows you to specify arbitrary CSS to affect the book formatting if it doesn't already have its own CSS...

--css means to add custom CSS to the eBook. It does not mean to replace the existing CSS.

[BoldAndBusted]

Howdy. Thank you for kepubify! I'm a new Kobo Forma owner. Just found out how I can 'fix' the missing monospaced font issue I was having with epubs (the "Courier<filename>.ttf in the Kobo /fonts directory" fix). This fixed all the problems I had with code snippets in my technical books.

I was excited to convert my epubs to kepubs, and kepubify utility works fine, but now the code snippets in the generated keypubs lost their monospced formatting (though some gained code-footnotes!). Is there some way to preserve the monospaced fonts? A command argument I missed? Cheers!

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by BoldAndBusted

I was excited to convert my epubs to kepubs, and kepubify utility works fine, but now the code snippets in the generated keypubs lost their monospced formatting (though some gained code-footnotes!). Is there some way to preserve the monospaced fonts? A command argument I missed? Cheers!

That shouldn't be happening for properly formatted books, as the span adding skips pre and code tags. I haven't had issues with any of my books.

To figure out the issue, I'd need to see a sample of the problematic HTML file. Feel free to post a portion of it here or send me the EPUB so I can take a look.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by geek1011

That shouldn't be happening for properly formatted books, as the span adding skips pre and code tags. I haven't had issues with any of my books.

To figure out the issue, I'd need to see a sample of the problematic HTML file. Feel free to post a portion of it here or send me the EPUB so I can take a look.

The info in this old post of mine may be helpful.

If you find some new innovative way to tackle the kepub monospace issue I'll be interested to hear about it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

The info in this old post of mine may be helpful.

If you find some new innovative way to tackle the kepub monospace issue I'll be interested to hear about it.

One thing I would suggest is read ePub if the ePub contains monospace in the CSS.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

One thing I would suggest is read ePub if the ePub contains monospace in he CSS.

It's a POV but that would be avoiding the issue rather than finding a solution, wouldn't it?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

It's a POV but that would be avoiding the issue rather than finding a solution, wouldn't it?

The ePub solution can be used until a KePub solution is found.

[rantanplan]

I've unsuccessfully tried to find out what seriesmeta and covergen do if the epub is protected by Adobe DRM. Is the metadata protected by the DRM too? Or will seriesmeta and covergen "fix" the metadata even for DRM protected epubs?

[Gibbo]

Can kepubify be made as an app for Android?

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Gibbo

Can kepubify be made as an app for Android?

You can use the ARM binaries in Termux (you'll need to run termux-setup-storage to get access to your files).