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ISC LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2012 Ciro Mattia Gonano <ciromattia@gmail.com>
Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
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KindleComicConverter # KindleComicConverter
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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 ## REQUIREMENTS
------------- - `kindlegen` in /usr/local/bin/
- 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
- [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
USAGE ## USAGE
------------- Drop a folder over the droplet, after a while you'll get a comic-type .mobi to sideload on your Kindle.
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`.
The script takes care of calling comic2ebook.py, kindlegen and kindlestrip.py.
For the standalone comic2ebook.py script, please refer to CLI help.
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 ## CREDITS
------------- This script exists as a cross-platform alternative to `KindleComicParser` by **Dc5e**
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))
(published in [http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783))
This droplet relies and includes KindleStrip (C) by Paul Durrant and released in public domain This droplet relies on 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)) ([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 Also, you need to have `kindlegen` v2.7 (with KF8 support) which is downloadable from Amazon website
and installed in /usr/local/bin/ and installed in `/usr/local/bin/`
CHANGELOG ## CHANGELOG
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- 1.00 - Initial version - 1.00 - Initial version
- 1.10 - Added support for CBZ/CBR files in comic2ebook.py - 1.10 - Added support for CBZ/CBR files in comic2ebook.py
TODO ### TODO
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- add transparent support for CBZ/CBR archives - add transparent support for CBZ/CBR archives
- bundle a script to manipulate images (to get rid of Mangle/E-nki/whatsoever) - bundle a script to manipulate images (to get rid of Mangle/E-nki/whatsoever)
TODO for calibre2ebook.py #### calibre2ebook.py
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- Add gracefully exit for CBR if no rarfile.py and no unrar executable are found - 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.