Fb2Kindle

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Fb2Kindle is a portable, open-source fb2 books converter into Amazon Kindle formats (mobi & epub).

What does it look like?

Here's a preview of the app's explorer integration (context menu) on Windows 10:

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Fb2Kindle provides an easy to use solution to convert, format with customizable css, combine multiple files into one and send your e-books to the Amazon Kindle devices.

The latest stable version can be downloaded from the releases page, or get the newer one directly from: Latest Version

Features include:

Support for .fb2 files as input and .mobi/.epub files as output
Joining several .fb2 books from folder to one output file (for book series)
Send generated book to email (see arguments)
Multiple commandline arguments for customizing behavior

Build

The recommended way to get the program is BUILD from source

Install git, Visual Studio (2022 or higher)
git clone https://github.com/fb2kindle/fb2kindle.git
build

How To Use

To use:

Download the latest version from releases
There is no installation required, just start executable file from anywhere on your computer
Drag and drop any .fb2 file to an app icon in file explorer to convert single file (with default options)

Start and possible command-line arguments

Fb2Kindle.exe [options]

<path>: input .fb2 file path or files mask (ex: *.fb2) or path to .fb2 files
-epub: create file in epub format
-css <styles.css>: styles used in destination book (example can be found here: Fb2Kindle/Fb2Kindle.css)
-a: process all .fb2 books in app folder
-r: process files in subfolders (work with -a key)
-j: join files from each folder to the single book
-o: hide detailed output
-w: wait for key press on finish
-mailto: send document to email (kindle send-by-email delivery, see -save option to configure SMTP server)
-save: save parameters (listed below) to be used at the next start (Fb2Kindle.json file)
-register: add explorer integration (context menu)
-unregister: remove explorer integration
-d: delete source file after successful conversion
-u or -update: update application to the latest version. You can combine it with the -save option to enable auto-update on every run
-s: add sequence and number to the document title
-c (same as -c1) or -c2: use compression (slow)
-optimizeSource: optimize images in source file (decrease to 824x1200 by default)
-optimize: optimize images in target (decrease to 824x1200 by default)
-ni: no images
-dc: DropCaps mode
-g: grayscale images
-jpeg: save images in jpeg
-ntoc: no table of content
-nch: no chapters

Examples:

Fb2Kindle.exe somebook.fb2 -epub
Fb2Kindle.exe "c:\booksFolder\*.fb2"
Fb2Kindle.exe -a -r -j -d -w
Fb2Kindle.exe "c:\bookSeries\*.fb2" -j -epub -mailto user@kindle.com -update -save

also you can check cmd script examples in archive here other/scripts.7z

How can I help improve it?

The fb2kindle team welcomes feedback and contributions!<br/> You can check if it works properly on your PC. If you notice any inaccuracies, please send us a pull request. If you have any suggestions or improvements, don't hesitate to create an issue.

Also, don't forget to ★ star ★ the repository to help other people find it.

Donate!

Every cup of coffee you donate will help this app become better and let me know that this project is in demand.

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Fb2kindle

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README