[Conversion Plugin] Kindle Comics

[pavel1]

This plugin converts .cbz and .cbr files into .mobi files which are optimized for Kindle devices.

Releases
You can find the latest version on GitHub.
Kindle Comics is based on the Kindle Comic Converter.

Issues/new features
If you have problems using this plugin or feature requests, please file an issue. If you can fix an open issue or want to add new features, fork the repository and create a pull request.

Input Formats
Calibre Kindle Comics can convert .cbz and .cbr files at the moment. It only converts to .mobi, for other conversions like for example .epub, the default calibre output plugins are being used.

How this plugin works
The Kindle Comics Input plugin acts as a converter from .cbz and .cbr to OEB, that's how all Plugins of the type InputFormatPlugin work. The Kindle Comics Output plugin then converts from the OEB format to .mobi by first creating a .epub file and then executing KindleGen. You still can convert from any other format to .epub, Kindle Comics Output will use the default .mobi conversion plugin when the input is not by Kindle Comics Input.

I haven't figured out a way that Kindle Comics Input is only executed when the conversion is to .mobi. That's why there may be strange results when converting to other formats or when viewing the comic file in the calibre ebook viewer.

Installation
You can find the latest release here.

Before you add the plugin to calibre, you need to add the KindleGen executable to the Kindle Comics Output plugin. Since KindleGen is no longer supported by Amazon, you need to download it from archive.org:
Windows
macOS
Linux

Extract the kindle_comics.zip and place the kindlegen.exe (Windows) or kindlegen (Linux and macOS) into the Kindle Comics Output.zip file and add both plugins from the plugin file in calibre.