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KindleComicConverter
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# KindleComicConverter
KindleComicConverter is a MacOS X AppleScript droplet to convert image folders to a comic-type Mobipocket ebook to take advantage of the new Panel View mode on Amazon's Kindle.
`KindleComicConverter` is a MacOS X AppleScript droplet to convert image folders to a comic-type Mobipocket ebook to take advantage of the new Panel View mode on Amazon's Kindle.
REQUIREMENTS
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- kindlegen in /usr/local/bin/
- [http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm](unrar) and [http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5373&release_id=18844](rarfile.py) for calibre2ebook.py automatic CBR extracting
## REQUIREMENTS
- `kindlegen` in /usr/local/bin/
- [unrar](http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) and [rarfile.py](http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5373&release_id=18844) for `calibre2ebook.py` automatic CBR extracting
USAGE
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Drop a folder over the droplet, after a while you'll get a comic-type .mobi to sideload on your kindle.
The script takes care of calling comic2ebook.py, kindlegen and kindlestrip.py.
For the standalone comic2ebook.py script, please refer to CLI help.
## USAGE
Drop a folder over the droplet, after a while you'll get a comic-type .mobi to sideload on your Kindle.
The script takes care of calling `comic2ebook.py`, `kindlegen` and `kindlestrip.py`.
WARNING: at the moment the script does not perform image manipulation. Image optimization and resizing (HD Kindles want 758x1024, non-HD ones 600x800) is up to you.
For the standalone `comic2ebook.py` script:
python comic2ebook.py <directory> <title>
**WARNING:** at the moment the script does not perform image manipulation. Image optimization and resizing (HD Kindles want 758x1024, non-HD ones 600x800) is up to you.
CREDITS
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This script exists as a cross-platform alternative to KindleComicParser by Dc5e
(published in [http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783))
## CREDITS
This script exists as a cross-platform alternative to `KindleComicParser` by **Dc5e**
(published in [this mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783))
This droplet relies and includes KindleStrip (C) by Paul Durrant and released in public domain
([http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903))
This droplet relies on and includes `KindleStrip` (C) by **Paul Durrant** and released in public domain
([mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903))
The icon for the droplet is by Nikolay Verin ([http://ncrow.deviantart.com/](http://ncrow.deviantart.com/)) and released under CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
The icon for the droplet is by **Nikolay Verin** ([http://ncrow.deviantart.com/](http://ncrow.deviantart.com/)) and released under [CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) License
Also, you need to have kindlegen v2.7 (with KF8 support) which is downloadable from Amazon website
and installed in /usr/local/bin/
Also, you need to have `kindlegen` v2.7 (with KF8 support) which is downloadable from Amazon website
and installed in `/usr/local/bin/`
CHANGELOG
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## CHANGELOG
- 1.00 - Initial version
- 1.10 - Added support for CBZ/CBR files in comic2ebook.py
TODO
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### TODO
- add transparent support for CBZ/CBR archives
- bundle a script to manipulate images (to get rid of Mangle/E-nki/whatsoever)
TODO for calibre2ebook.py
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#### calibre2ebook.py
- Add gracefully exit for CBR if no rarfile.py and no unrar executable are found
- Improve error reporting
- Improve error reporting
## COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2012 Ciro Mattia Gonano. See LICENSE.txt for further details.