ebooks converting?

[mrk]

just got a kindle and have 1000s of ebooks in different formats i need to get them all to mobi format ,anyone any ideas how to do loads at once instead of 1 at a time ,i'm using calibre to convert at the moment
hope this is in the right bit
thanks mrk

[Aidi]

Calibre will batch convert for you. I did all my kindle books from mobi to epub in one go using it.

[mrk]

all my books are on disk in various format.i've had a look at calibre and can't see how to batch convert them from disc,i'm not great on a pc so any help appreciated
thanks in advance mrk

[Aidi]

Might have to copy the books from the disk to your hard disk.. it will also speed up the process doing it this way

To batch convert:

• Load the books into Calibre
• Select all the books you want to convert - does not matter if they are in different formats. (Ctrl+A for all)
• Right click on selected books
• Select convert/bulk convert.
• Choose the format in you want to convert to in the top right corner (leave all the settings as default if i was you)
• Click ok to start the process

I have just tested it and did a convert from epub to mobi and then back again.

[mrk]

cheers m8 didn't know about the ctrl+a that was what stopped me ,have now converted about 200

[Aidi]

Glad you got it sorted mate.

Have a look at this site:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-key...tcuts-windows/

Loads of windows keyboard shortcuts which can really come in useful.

Rgds
Aidi

[Grumpy1954]

Aidi beat me toi it. Calibre is about the best all rounder for eBooks, enjoy!