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SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
5 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for converting books between formats
From 2 comments
Nice tool. I thought kindle files were mobi? Any difference?
rhino369 on HNCan I use this to change my purchased kindle books into ebooks for all devices? I’m somewhat tech literate, but pretty ignorant about e-book file types.
zigzaggy on HN
Objections
Uploading documents to a third party is a privacy concern
From 1 comment
I'd think I'll stick with the tried and true `ebook-convert` tool from Calibre, and pandoc. There's no sense uploading your documents to a third party when that's not necessary.
LiberatedLlama on HN
Questions why PDF output is needed when epub readers are common
From 2 comments
Why would you convert an epub to pdf? There is no ebook reader, other than kindles (for which the proper conversion would be to kf8), that can't handle epubs.
harshreality on HNNice tool but ack!, yet another this file format to that file format conversion tool. A book is not a file. It never will be. I know half the unixy nutcases won't agree with…
marvindanig on HN
Conversion errors occurred with some epub files
From 1 comment
Well, two epubs gave a "something went wrong" when converting to HTML, which is the only output I'm really curious about. I got one conversion to PDF to work, then went back to…
jtbayly on HN
Requests
Add FB2 output format
From 1 comment
I want ePub to FB2. Because FB2 books are rendered with better readable fonts on my PockerBook reader. I have no problems using Calibre or PanDoc for this task though. Obviously…
qwerty456127 on HN
Add a tool to combine HTML files into one PDF
From 1 comment
I would be interested in a tool that converts a list of html files into a single pdf, with consistent formatting.
arikrak on HN
Questions
How is this monetised?
From 1 comment
How is this monetised?
jowsie on HN
Can it convert purchased Kindle books?
From 1 comment
Can I use this to change my purchased kindle books into ebooks for all devices? I’m somewhat tech literate, but pretty ignorant about e-book file types.
zigzaggy on HN
Alternatives named
Calibre
From 3 comments
I have found the best tools for this to be the free Kindle Previewer ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1003018611 ) and Calibre. The Calibre editor is useful…
eigenvalue on HNI'd think I'll stick with the tried and true `ebook-convert` tool from Calibre, and pandoc. There's no sense uploading your documents to a third party when that's not necessary.
LiberatedLlama on HNYou cannot -- Kindle ebooks are in a format called KFX (or AZW/mobi or AZW3, depending on when you got them), which this tool doesn't support as an input. If you wanted to do…
kemayo on HN
Pandoc
From 2 comments
The comments are not mentioning [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/) as an alternative yet (missing mobi I think).
esher on HNI want ePub to FB2. Because FB2 books are rendered with better readable fonts on my PockerBook reader. I have no problems using Calibre or PanDoc for this task though. Obviously…
qwerty456127 on HN
KindleUnpack
From 1 comment
Calibre is great, but IMO it’s the wrong approach for this particular conversion. Use KindleUnpack instead, which is close to lossless.…
amluto on HN