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ebook-converter-lib

ebook-converter-lib is a Python library and command-line tool for converting ebooks between common formats. It is a modified fork of ebook-converter by gryf, which is itself derived from the conversion components of Calibre. Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.

Install

python -m pip install ebook-converter-lib

Python 3.11 or newer is required. PDF conversion also requires Poppler tools (pdftohtml, pdfinfo, and pdftoppm) available on PATH.

Use as a library

from ebook_converter_lib import convert

result = convert("book.docx", "book.epub")
if not result["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(result["message"])

convert() returns a dictionary with success and message keys. Additional arguments use the command-line option format:

convert("book.epub", "book.mobi", "--base-font-size", "12")

Use check_deps_str() to verify that conversion dependencies can load in an embedded Python runtime.

Command line

ebook-converter book.docx book.epub

Supported formats

Input includes DOCX, EPUB, ODT, TXT, PDB, RTF, MOBI, AZW, FB2, HTML, PDF, and LRF. Output includes EPUB, MOBI, DOCX, HTMLZ, TXT, and LRF.

Development

uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest

See PYPI_RELEASE.md for the release procedure.

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