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Annie Skov Nielsen  
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 More options Apr 22 2012, 5:29 pm
From: Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:29:29 +0200
Local: Sun, Apr 22 2012 5:29 pm
Subject: Mobi to epub or HTML.
Hi.

Do any of you know an application for the mac, that can convert mobi to epub, html text or rtf. I have tried stanza, but it will not work very well. I have played a little with calibre, but it is inaccessible. Do any of you know an application that would solve that problem.

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 More options Apr 23 2012, 7:27 pm
From: sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:27:53 +0200
Local: Mon, Apr 23 2012 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
Hey.
The answer too your ebooks needs seems to be a program called calibre.
Not sure if we can use it yet, but just curled it, will write more if it works.

/sandi

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From: Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:14:37 +0200
Local: Tues, Apr 24 2012 4:14 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
Hi.

I have tried calibre, it is not accessible.

Best regards Annie.
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Tyler Spivey  
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 More options Apr 24 2012, 5:41 pm
From: Tyler Spivey <tspi...@pcdesk.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:41:22 -0700
Local: Tues, Apr 24 2012 5:41 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
None of you found ebook-convert which comes with calibre?
I don't have a mac, but this should work: go to your terminal, cd to the
right place, and do:
ebook-convert file.mobi .epub
If your shell can't find it, just specify its path. Once done, it'll put
an epub in the same place you ran it from.
Obviously, this won't work with drm infested mobi files.

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 7:14 am
From: sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:14:43 +0200
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 7:14 am
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
hey, thanks works :)
to annie
 see my example below  for instructions .
jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ ./ebook-convert test.mobi      sandi
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
on /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/test.mobi
Parsing all content...
Forcing  test.html into XHTML namespace
Referenced file 'images/00007use.jpg' not found
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Removing fake margins...
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Trimming u'images/00016.jpg' from manifest
Trimming u'images/00015.jpg' from manifest
Creating OEB Output...
67% Creating OEB Output
The cover image has an id != "cover". Renaming to work around bug in Nook Color
OEB output written to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi
Output saved to   /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi
jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$

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Annie Skov Nielsen  
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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:10 pm
From: Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:10:07 +0200
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:10 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
Hi Sandi.

Great. Will you not need sighted assistance to turn on the command line in calibre?

Best regards Annie.

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:28 pm
From: Lewis Alexander <freemacsforthebl...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:28:46 +0100
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:28 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
I too can confirm that calibre is completely inaccessible. other than commandline tools, this software is unusable. probably as the app is written with JAVA. even the installer wizard has no interaction.. that is a shame.

are there any other suitable ebook apps here we can use?

lew

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:37 pm
From: sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:37:39 +0200
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:37 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
hi annie, nope i thought about that when i wrote it , since i can see
what is on the monitor now. I turned the monitor off so i was sure
that the instructions i gave you would work with voiceover.
If it is too geeky for you i might be able too make a script for you
so you can say stand in your "download" folder and just have the books
made there, instead of coding and copying the files too the other
location like i did in the last mail, but if you have any problems let
me know and i will happily help you.
Note, it seems that epub files are split into chapters where mobi
files are just one huge html  file.
here is a better example, and if you follow that it should work,
however if it don't, you are welcome too mail again.
in this example i am assuming that your books are in your download folder
1: stand in your books folder with the epub file or mobi file and type
the following.
cp file.mobi /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS
2: type ebook-convert file and a name of the folder for the book.
ebook-convert file.mobi sandi
Okay that was the hard part, of course now i am not sure how much bash
or as it is called on a mac terminal you are used to use, but this is
relatively easy, i believe i have made it so if all goes wrong and you
are suffering from an anxiety attack you can just paste the commands
in. :)
at least that  is my intention by writing it as i do.
I have used it on 2 books so far and it seems to work okay, to be
really honest i was about to find a hack so i could extract the files
from the books i have bought before i read about the program on
google, so thank you for getting me a kick where it counted:)
but again write if it don't work, if you want me to explain it in
danish just write me privately and ill happily do so. :)

/sandi  who is not in the least a geek  just cause she got 8 macs in
one huge cluster.

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:43 pm
From: sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:43:41 +0200
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:43 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
Lew, but honestly, who the heck would wanna use anything else than
bash for things like that?
Fine it is not perfect but as a certain person says in star wars… it
got it where it counts, you could blame that we have many users who
might find it a little too geeky, but we surely have geeks enough too
be able too explain the proper operation of the program for these who
needs more help:)
and aint that what the life is about if you are a geek helping others? :)

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:47 pm
From: Lewis Alexander <freemacsforthebl...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:47:47 +0100
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:47 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
very true in deed.

it's useful for users to understand the methods, functions and outputs of scripting for specific purposes and there's nothing better than listening to apple script lol.

lew

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 4:58 pm
From: Tyler Spivey <tspi...@pcdesk.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:58:35 -0700
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:58 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
There's one minor change you can make, to avoid copying the book.
From your example, ebook-convert is in /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS, so in your downloads folder you can do:

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert file.mobi .epub

(or .txt or whatever format you want it in). This avoids cluttering up calibre's directory with your books.

If you do this often and don't want to type that long path, just symlink ebook-convert to somewhere on your $PATH (e.g. /usr/bin).

sudo ln -s /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert /usr/bin

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 More options Apr 25 2012, 5:30 pm
From: sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:30:02 +0200
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.
tyler, you learn something new everyday, blush i had totally forgotten
about that option.
Don't it need more than just the soft link?

sandi

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