You can choose the “Output format” from a drop down menu in the top right corner. You will see it appear at the top of your book list in Calibre – see image below.Ĭlick the “Convert books” button in the toolbar at the top of the application window.

Among the many things it can do is to convert various ebook file types (e.g., PDF, EPUB, MOBI etc.,) to other file types.Ĭlick on the “Add books”button - this is on the top left corner of the application’s toolbar (see image below).Ĭhoose the file from where you have it saved on your computer.

In the list of projects, there’s already a copy of the Calibre Quick Start Guide.Calibre is primarily a versatile ebook reader and ebook library management app for both Windows and Mac.

Here’s the start-up screen when you launch Calibre. There are a multitude of (sometimes confusing) conversion options in Calibre, but because we’ve defined all the rules in our CSS, we can safely ignore the vast majority of them.

In Behaviour, change the Preferred Output Format to MOBI.

Even on a desktop monitor, there’s often not enough room for all the buttons to display at once

In Look and Feel, change the Icon Size to small.

The Preferences button is on the top toolbar, but it may be hidden if you have a small screen and you’ll have to click the little arrow on the right to find it: Once you’ve downloaded and installed the program, there are two changes to the Preferences I would recommend. The author seems to update the software quite regularly, so forgive me if I’m a version or two behind. Calibre is available for all platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux) this tutorial is based on the PC version, but it shouldn’t look too different in other versions. While I urge you to explore all these, I’m just going to concentrate on HTML to Kindle format conversion. Calibre is a popular, free eBook utility and offers a sometimes bewildering array of features and options, including eBook synchronisation, downloading web content and library management.

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