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Ciro Mattia Gonano
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65 lines
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# 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.
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## REQUIREMENTS
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- Python (included in MacOS and Linux, follow the [official documentation](http://www.python.org/getit/windows/) to install on Windows)
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- `kindlegen` in /usr/local/bin/
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- [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.
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- `comic2ebook.py` can optionally use the [Python Imaging Library](http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/) to correctly set the image resolution on OPF file, please refer to official documentation for installing into your system.
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## 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.
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The script takes care of calling `comic2ebook.py`, `kindlegen` and `kindlestrip.py`.
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**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.
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## USAGE (standalone `comic2ebook.py`)
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1. Prepare image folder resizing the images to 758x1024 for HD or 600x800 for non-HD readers, in .png or .jpg formats
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2. Organize the images into the folders (Use leading 0's to avoid file ordering problems). For example,
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> Legs Weaver/
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> Legs Weaver/51/
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> Legs Weaver/51/001.png
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> Legs Weaver/51/002.png
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> Legs Weaver/52/
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> Legs Weaver/52/001.png
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> Legs Weaver/52/002.png
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> etc...
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3. Launch
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```python comic2ebook.py <directory> <title>```
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The directory should be then filled with a `.opf`, `.ncx`, and many `.html` files.
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4. Run `Kindlegen` on `content.opf`. Depending on how many images you have, this may take awhile. Once completed, the `.mobi` file should be in the directory.
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5. Remove the SRCS record to reduce the `.mobi` filesize in half. You can use [Kindlestrip](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903).
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6. Copy the `.mobi` file to your Kindle!
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## CREDITS
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This script exists as a cross-platform alternative to `KindleComicParser` by **Dc5e**
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(published in [this mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192783))
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This droplet relies on and includes `KindleStrip` (C) by **Paul Durrant** and released in public domain
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([mobileread forum thread](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96903))
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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
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Also, you need to have `kindlegen` v2.7 (with KF8 support) which is downloadable from Amazon website
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and installed in `/usr/local/bin/`
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## CHANGELOG
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- 1.00 - Initial version
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- 1.10 - Added support for CBZ/CBR files in comic2ebook.py
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### TODO
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- add transparent support for CBZ/CBR archives
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- bundle a script to manipulate images (to get rid of Mangle/E-nki/whatsoever)
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#### calibre2ebook.py
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- Add gracefully exit for CBR if no rarfile.py and no unrar executable are found
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- Improve error reporting
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## COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2012 Ciro Mattia Gonano. See LICENSE.txt for further details. |