kepubify - A standalone tool to convert ePubs into Kobo ePubs

[ferossan]

Originally Posted by geek1011

A .bin.

1. chmod +x /path/to/kepubify-linux-64bit
2. /path/to/kepubify-linux-64bit /path/to/source.epub

It will output to the current dir.

Thank you.
Didn't work at first. But adding the ./ at the beginning did it:
2. /path/to/./kepubify-linux-64bit /path/to/source.epub

Just tried a random epub file and put it on my reader. Works very good.
Excellent alternative to the calibre plugin.
Thanks a lot!

[ferossan]

[QUOTE=patrik;3559636]

Originally Posted by trekk

Conversion is very fast, but without the possibility of a batch conversion, Calibre is faster when converting multiple files. Nice tool though!

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.epub; do kepubify "$i"; done

Multiple files works for me using:

for i in *.epub; do ./kepubify-linux-64bit "$i"; done

[geek1011]

OMG YES!!!!!!!! WHY DID THIS TAKE ME SO LONG TO REALIZE!!!!!

I think I have found the issue on Windows. I think I forgot to clean the path; it is storing backslashes as the path separator on Windows, which is invalid in a zip file which can only contain forward slashes according to the spec. I didn't find the issue on Windows because windows explorer thinks backslashes are fine and shows them as first. Same with other windows based zip archive viewers. Now, I just need to test this issue and I think I can fix it!

Many thanks to Semwize, who sent me some of the problematic ebooks.

And this reliazation is due to my file manager app on android conforming to the spec, and by the mere chance of accidently opening the ebook with my file manager on my phone.

FINALLY I think I have found the source, or at least one part of the source of this problem.

[geek1011]

Yay! I have fixed the conversion issues in Windows in v1.2.0!

[Semwize]

works great, thank you

[darryl]

@geek1011. I haven't tried this yet as most of my current reading is on my Oasis rather than my H2O. But I do prefer kepub on Kobo and will eventually give this a try. Thanks for all of your hard work. That Windows problem must have had you tearing your hair out. It's one of those esoteric problems often found only by sheer luck.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by darryl

@geek1011. I haven't tried this yet as most of my current reading is on my Oasis rather than my H2O. But I do prefer kepub on Kobo and will eventually give this a try. Thanks for all of your hard work. That Windows problem must have had you tearing your hair out. It's one of those esoteric problems often found only by sheer luck.

Thanks! And yes, I was tearing my hair out. I actually gave up for the last few months. I was surely lucky to have opened an ebook in my file manager instead of my reader on my phone. Darn windows. I hope microsoft will someday learn to follow specs properly...

[geek1011]

I have released a new major update. Kepubify now uses all cores for 3x faster conversion. Also now supports converting a whole folder.

To convert a whole directory of books: kepubify /path/to/books /path/to/output
The output dir must be nonexistent. The directory structure of books from the source folder will be maintained. Errors will be queued until all books have been converted, at which point, they will be displayed.

v1.3.0
bf6c4fa Added option to convert whole folder of books (closes #8)
af05328 Updated README.md
2a6cfad Fixed segfault when printlog false
4a53aeb Only delay exit on Windows if started with drag and drop
c0e081a Use all CPU cores for conversion (closes #7)

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by trekk

I got a "no permission" message in my terminal, so I had to chmod kepubify on my mac. Conversion is very fast, but without the possibility of a batch conversion, Calibre is faster when converting multiple files. Nice tool though!

Edit: I also realized that the new .kepubs don't show a thumbnail of the cover on my KA1.

I have added support for batch conversion.

[JSWolf]

Is batch conversion what's new in 1.3.1?

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is batch conversion what's new in 1.3.1?

No, that was a fix for batch conversion on Windows. I am getting really exasperated with Microsoft now.

V1.3.1 was batch conversion folder creation issues on windows
V1.3.0 was batch and 2x faster conversion (multi core)
V1.2.0 was windows fixes for packing epub

Next, I'll be working on a new site, and then I'll be making another performance improvement (probably about .5s faster per book, which adds up) of storing the extracted ebook in memory.

[patrik]

Thank you for your great work geek1011!

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by patrik

Thank you for your great work geek1011!

No problem! It's quite fun actually.

[jcn363]

Originally Posted by geek1011

v1.3.0

[Akbar]

My Aura One could finally see the file .kepub converted using the latest version. I prefer to use this software since I get "error connecting device" message in Calibre from time to time. Thank you.