diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a5bf0bf..b2ce995 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,14 +7,24 @@ [![Github All Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/ciromattia/kcc/total.svg)](https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/releases) -**Kindle Comic Converter** optimizes comics and manga for eink readers like Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable, and more. -Pages display in fullscreen without margins, with proper fixed layout support. +**Kindle Comic Converter** optimizes black & white comics and manga for E-ink ereaders +like Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable, and more. +Pages display in fullscreen without margins, +with proper fixed layout epub output support. +Supported input formats include JPG/PNG/GIF/JP2/WEBP image files in folders, archives, or PDFs. +Supported output formats include MOBI/AZW3, EPUB, KEPUB, and CBZ. + Its main feature is various optional image processing steps to look good on eink screens, which have different requirements than normal LCD screens. -It also does filesize optimization by downscaling to your specific device's screen resolution, -which can improve performance on underpowered ereaders. -Supported input formats include folders and archives of JPG/PNG files and more. -Supported output formats include virtual panel view MOBI/AZW3, EPUB, KEPUB, and CBZ. +Combining that with downscaling to your specific device's screen resolution +can result in filesize reductions of hundreds of MB per volume with no visible quality loss on eink. +This can also improve battery life and page turn speed on underpowered ereaders with small storage capacities. + +KCC avoids many common formatting issues (some of which occur even on the Kindle Store), such as: +1) incorrect black levels, which can make manga look very faded and hard to see on eink, which is already lower contrast than LCD. +2) unneccessary margins at the bottom of the screen due to screen resolution assumptions or reading progress bars +3) incorrect page turn direction for manga that's read right to left +4) unaligned two page spreads in landscape, where pages are shifted over by 1 ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/36ad2131-6677-4559-bd6f-314a90c27218)