Kindle Comic Converter is a Python app to convert comic/manga files or folders to EPUB, Panel View MOBI or E-Ink optimized CBZ. It was initially developed for Kindle but since version 4.6 it outputs valid EPUB 3.0 so despite its name, KCC is actually a comic/manga to EPUB converter that every e-reader and color tablet owner can happily use. It can also optionally optimize images by applying a number of transformations.
KCC is not Amazon's Kindle Comic Creator nor is in any way endorsed by Amazon. Amazon's tool is for comic publishers and involves a lot of manual effort, while KCC is for comic/manga readers. KC2 in no way is a replacement for KCC so you can be quite confident we are going to carry on developing our little monster ;-)
If you have general questions about usage, feedback etc. please post it here. If you have some technical problems using KCC please file an issue here. If you can fix an open issue, fork & make a pull request.
If you find KCC valuable you can consider donating to the authors:
You can find the latest beta binaries here
You can find the latest released binary at the following links:
KCC is also available on PyPI. (Non-beta release)
pip install --user KindleComicConverter
Following software is required to run Linux version of KCC and/or bare sources:
- Python 3.8+
- PyQt5 5.6.0+ (only needed for GUI)
- Pillow 4.0.0+ (5.2.0+ needed for WebP support)
- psutil 5.0.0+
- python-slugify 1.2.1+, <3.0.0
- raven 6.0.0+ (only needed for GUI)
- mozjpeg
- pandas
On Debian based distributions these two commands should install all needed dependencies:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip libpng-dev libjpeg-dev p7zip-full
pip3 install --user --upgrade pillow python-slugify psutil pyqt5 raven mozjpeg-lossless-optimization pandas
- KindleGen v2.9+ in a directory reachable by your PATH or in KCC directory (For MOBI generation)
- 7z (For CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR, 7z/CB7 support)
KCC can understand and convert, at the moment, the following input types:
- Folders containing: PNG, JPG, GIF or WebP files
- CBZ, ZIP (With
7zexecutable) - CBR, RAR (With
7zexecutable) - CB7, 7Z (With
7zexecutable) - PDF (Only extracting JPG images)
Should be pretty self-explanatory. All options have detailed information in tooltips. After completed conversion, you should find the ready file(s) alongside the original input file(s) (same directory) or in the specified the output directory.
Please check our wiki for more details.
See an updated profile list here along with instructions for adding a custom profile.
CLI version of KCC is intended for power users. It allows using options that might not be compatible and decrease the quality of output.
Usage: kcc-c2e [options] [input]
MANDATORY:
input Full path to comic folder(s) or file(s) to be proccessed. Separate multiple
inputs with spaces.
MAIN:
-p PROFILE, --profile PROFILE
Device profile (Common options: K578, KPW5, KV, KoGHD, KoA, KoAHD, KoAH2O,
KoAO, KoC, KoL, KoF, KoN, KoE, KoS). For a list of all avaliable profiles,
type -h profile [Default=KV]
-m, --manga-style Manga style (right-to-left reading and splitting)
-q, --hq Try to increase the quality of magnification
-2, --two-panel Display two not four panels in Panel View mode
-w, --webtoon Webtoon processing mode
PROCESSING:
-n, --noprocessing Do not modify image and ignore any profile or processing option
-u, --upscale Resize images smaller than device's resolution
-s, --stretch Stretch images to device's resolution
-r {0,1,2}, --splitter {0,1,2}
Double page parsing mode. 0: Split 1: Rotate 2: Both [Default=0]
-g GAMMA, --gamma GAMMA
Apply gamma correction to linearize the image [Default=Auto]
-c {0,1,2}, --cropping {0,1,2}
Set cropping mode. 0: Disabled 1: Margins 2: Margins + page numbers
[Default=2]
--cp CROPPINGPOWER, --croppingpower CROPPINGPOWER
Set cropping power [Default=1.0]
--cm CROPPINGMINIMUM, --croppingminimum CROPPINGMINIMUM
Set cropping minimum area ratio [Default=0.0]
-bc BORDERCOLOR, --bordercolor BORDERCOLOR
Color of borders. Either use one of the available named colors or
the hexadecimal value of the color. For a list of all avaliable
named colors, type -h bordercolor. Auto tries to detect whether to
use black or white. [Default=Auto]
--fc, --forcecolor Don't convert images to grayscale
--fp, --forcepng Create PNG files instead JPEG
--mj, --mozjpeg Create JPEG files using mozJpeg
OUTPUT SETTINGS:
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output generated file to specified directory or file
--cst COPYSOURCETREE, --copysourcetree COPYSOURCETREE
Additional option for use with --output. Name of the top most directory to
be used when recreating the source directory tree in the output directory.
-t TITLE, --title TITLE
Comic title [Default=filename or directory name]
-f {Auto,MOBI,EPUB,CBZ,KFX}, --format {Auto,MOBI,EPUB,CBZ,KFX}
Output format (Available options: Auto, MOBI, EPUB, CBZ, KFX) [Default=Auto]
-b {0,1,2}, --batchsplit {0,1,2}
Split output into multiple files. 0: Don't split 1: Automatic mode 2:
Consider every subdirectory as separate volume [Default=0]
-e {0,1,2,3,4,5}, --skipexisting {0,1,2,3,4,5}
Skip processing specific files. 0: Do not skip. 1: Skip if the wanted file
already exists in the output directory. 2: Skip if the source file was
already processed. 3: Copy the already processed file to the output
directory. 4: Use both options 1 and 2. 5: Use both options 1 and 3.
[Default=0]
-z PADZEROS, --padzeros PADZEROS
Pad "_kcc(#)" with given number of zeros. [Default=0]
--cci, --copycomicinfo
Copy ComicInfo.xml to generated file
CUSTOM PROFILE:
--cw CUSTOMWIDTH, --customwidth CUSTOMWIDTH
Replace screen width provided by device profile
--ch CUSTOMHEIGHT, --customheight CUSTOMHEIGHT
Replace screen height provided by device profile
OTHER:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
Usage: kcc-c2p [options] [input]
MANDATORY:
input Full path to comic folder(s) to be proccessed. Separate multiple
inputs with spaces.
-y HEIGHT, --height HEIGHT
Height of the target device screen
-i, --in-place Overwrite source directory
-m, --merge Combine every directory into a single image before splitting
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output generated directories to specified directory
OTHER:
-d, --debug Create debug file for every split image
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
KCC is made by Ciro Mattia Gonano and Paweł Jastrzębski.
This script born as a cross-platform alternative to KindleComicParser by Dc5e (published here).
The app relies and includes the following scripts:
DualMetaFixscript by K. Hendricks. Released with GPL-3 License.image.pyclass from Alex Yatskov's Mangle with subsequent proDOOMman's and Birua's patches.- Icon is by Nikolay Verin (http://ncrow.deviantart.com/) and released under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 License.
- Kindle Oasis 2 / 3
- Kindle Paperwhite 3 / 4 / Voyage / Oasis
- Kindle Paperwhite 1 / 2
- Kindle
- Kobo Aura
- Kobo Aura HD
- Kobo Aura H2O
- Kobo Aura ONE
- Kobo Forma
KCC is initiating internet connections in two cases:
- During startup - Version check.
- When error occurs - Automatic reporting on Windows and macOS.
Please check wiki page.
Copyright (c) 2012-2019 Ciro Mattia Gonano and Paweł Jastrzębski. KCC is released under ISC LICENSE; see LICENSE.txt for further details.