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After DeDRMing Amazon books should I keep original, deDRMed and un-unpacked files ?
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tdTrX lemmy.ml tdTrX@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-10-27
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  1. Original have different no. and types of files like .apnx , .azw , .phl
  2. then it's deDRMed (it may vary) to .awz, .jpg, .opf
  3. then DRMed AWZ is unpacked to folder
  4. then that folder is converted to pdf or epub (KF8 to ePub)
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ashenone lemmy.ml ashenone@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-12-18
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I always keep my originals. I did a large batch conversion from .mobi to .epub back in the day and there were some formatting issues on quite a few of the converted books. Always nice to have the originals on hand in case something goes wrong, especially considering the miniscule file size
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∟⊔⊤∦∣≶ lemmy.nz luthis@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-29
#3 · Quote Reply

Keep the originals just in case
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tdTrX lemmy.ml tdTrX@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-10-27
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply
ashenone wrote:
I always keep my originals. I did a large batch conversion from .mobi to .epub back in the day and there were some formatting issues on quite a few of the converted books. Always nice to have the originals on hand in case something goes wrong, especially considering the miniscule file size

How do you organize it ? Except the final readable file you got Originals, DeDRM, Unpacked.

@luthis@lemmy.nz @besbin@lemmygrad.ml
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ashenone lemmy.ml ashenone@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-12-18
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tdTrX wrote:
How do you organize it ? Except the final readable file you got Originals, DeDRM, Unpacked. @luthis@lemmy.nz @besbin@lemmygrad.ml

Calibre combines duplicates and then I just select the file type I want when I download the book to my reader.
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