dotfiles/bin/anytomobi

#!/bin/bash

# Convert ebooks to Kindle’s Mobi format
#
# Usage: anytomobi <file or folder> [destination folder]
#
# Author: Artem Sapegin, sapegin.me
#
# Require:
# - Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/download (install command line tools from Calibre’s settings)
#
# Manuals:
# - http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cli/ebook-convert.html
# - http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cli/ebook-meta.html

command -v ebook-convert >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "ebook-convert not installed: see comments for instructions."; exit 1; }

function convert_file() {
	local infile="$1"
	local intype=${infile##*.}
	local intype=$(echo $intype | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
	local infilename=$(basename "$1")
	local outfilename="${infilename%.*}.mobi"

	if [[ "$intype" == "pdf" ]]; then
		# Just copy PDF files to destination directory
		if [[ "$outdir" != "." ]]; then
			cp "$infile" "$outdir/"
		fi
		return
	else
		# Convert any other format (MOBI too) to old MOBI format to force left text alignment
		ebook-convert "$infile" "$outdir/$outfilename" --output-profile=kindle_pw --mobi-file-type=old \
			--mobi-ignore-margins --mobi-keep-original-images --no-inline-toc --remove-paragraph-spacing \
			--change-justification=left --keep-ligatures --smarten-punctuation --pretty-print --filter-css=color
	fi

	echo
	echo "Filename            : $outfilename"
	ebook-meta "$outdir/$outfilename"
}

function convert_dir() {
	local dir=$1

	for file in "$dir"/*.{mobi,pdf,epub,fb2}; do
		if [[ -e "$file" ]]; then
			convert_file "$file"
		fi
	done
}

outdir=${2-.}
mkdir -p "$outdir"

if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
	convert_file "$1"
elif [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
	convert_dir "$1"
else
	echo "Usage: `basename $0` <file or folder> [destination folder]"
	exit 1
fi