Unexpected conversion

jusmee · 11-01-2009, 02:54 AM

I have been using Calibre on linux until now, but today I installed it on my Windows 7 netbook. I told it to copy some ebooks to my Astak reader, and, unexpectedly, it asked if I wanted to convert the books as it copied them onto the device. I said yes, just to see what it would do. It converted them to mobi format, even though it's output format for conversions is set to ePub.

When I downloaded these books from Fictionwise I selected ePub. On Windows 7 using IE, it downloads a zip file, but under linux using Firefox, it downloads an .epub file. The zip file contains the same contents as the epub (after all, an epub is really a zip file anyway)

So this is why Calibre needed to convert, but the question is, why to .mobi, when a simple rename would have made it an epub?

Also, why does Win7/IE down a zip file from the same link/menu choice on fictionwise, that linux/Firefox doewnloads an epub?

kovidgoyal · 11-01-2009, 11:07 AM

the default format for the astak is set to mobi, you can change it in preferences->plugins->device drivers.

jusmee · 11-01-2009, 05:56 PM

Ah, thanks. I never thought to look in the plugin section for a preference like that. I will change it.

jusmee · 11-05-2009, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

the default format for the astak is set to mobi, you can change it in preferences->plugins->device drivers.

I see nothing named "device drivers" under plugins. The nearest is "Device Interface Plugins". In there, I find a list, but no default setting - however, I presume that moving ePub to the top of the list is, in fact, what you meant for me to do?

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2009, 10:30 AM

either unselect mobi or move epub to the top

11-01-2009, 02:54 AM	#1
jusmee Wizard Posts: 1,047 Karma: 203682 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Libre 2	Unexpected conversion I have been using Calibre on linux until now, but today I installed it on my Windows 7 netbook. I told it to copy some ebooks to my Astak reader, and, unexpectedly, it asked if I wanted to convert the books as it copied them onto the device. I said yes, just to see what it would do. It converted them to mobi format, even though it's output format for conversions is set to ePub. When I downloaded these books from Fictionwise I selected ePub. On Windows 7 using IE, it downloads a zip file, but under linux using Firefox, it downloads an .epub file. The zip file contains the same contents as the epub (after all, an epub is really a zip file anyway) So this is why Calibre needed to convert, but the question is, why to .mobi, when a simple rename would have made it an epub? Also, why does Win7/IE down a zip file from the same link/menu choice on fictionwise, that linux/Firefox doewnloads an epub?

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11-01-2009, 11:07 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	the default format for the astak is set to mobi, you can change it in preferences->plugins->device drivers.

11-01-2009, 05:56 PM	#3
jusmee Wizard Posts: 1,047 Karma: 203682 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Libre 2	Ah, thanks. I never thought to look in the plugin section for a preference like that. I will change it.

11-05-2009, 10:30 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	either unselect mobi or move epub to the top

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