Ctrl-A to select all the files in the Zip format.ġ0. Depending on how fast your computer is, Calibre will start converting your books - all in one pass, and it uses a temp directory on your boot drive (unless you've configured things very specifically, and you know if you have.) So watch Drive C - if you're low on space, and your comics are large, you may run out of space.Ĩ. In the upper right hand corner of the dialog box that appears, select 'ZIP' from the dropdown. Import your CBR files into Caliber, select them, and right click. Under 'conversion,' select 'Input Options.' The first option is 'Comic Input.' Check the boxes for 'Disable comic processing' and 'Don't add links to pages.'īack up your library. But it's OK, because Calibre will happily convert even the files the plugin won't convert to cbz. In my case it's because the plugin choked on about half of the cbr files I tried to feed it - older, smaller files mostly. 'Autoconvert cbr to cbz' is an option, why don't you just use the plugin to do all of that? Double-click 'Embed Comics Metadata.' Make sure the following checkboxes are selected: In the bottom left, click on 'Plugins.' Click 'Show only user installed plugins.' Expand the 'user interface action plugins' arrow. In the 'Available Actions' screen you'll see the 'Embed Comics Metadata' plugin - add it to the 'Current Actions' side of the screen, and choose 'Apply.'Ĥ. In Calibre, open 'Preferences' and choose 'Change Calibre Behavior.' Choose 'Toolbars' and then 'Main Toolbar.' You'll see a screen with 'Available Actions' on the left, and 'Current Actions' on the right. In Calibre, install the 'Embed Comics Metadata' plugin by Dick Loraine. I find this a very good tool for managing my epubs & comics, but I don't have a vast number of either.)Ģ. (Honestly, if you don't use Calibre, this whole process probably isn't for you. Here's how you do it, maybe the next person to google 'Calibre CBR > CBZ' will find this and save himself a couple hours.ġ. I googled and didn't come up with anything.īuddy gave me a couple days to think it over.

I turned him down because I only keep comics in cbz, and converting them from his format to mine, and managing it inside Calibre (which is what I use don't tell me there are other tools, I know). About a thousand Marvel titles in cbr format. OK, and now for something completely different.īuddy offered to sell me his comics library.

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