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submitted 19 hours ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Debian 12.9

I just downloaded a 30 MiB epub file, but I can discard the images that make most of this space.

Another epub file includes unsolicited advertising with a link to a subscription. I'd like to get rid of it as well.

Is there something I can use?

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[-] CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Change the file type to zip...unzip it then work on the pdf and rename it..?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

Unzip and text editor?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 43 points 17 hours ago

Calibre is the answer to pretty much all ebook questions, including this one.

[-] Anarch157a@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 19 hours ago

Calibre is the ultimate e-book manager/reader/editor. apt install calibre and you're set.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 10 hours ago

Calibre is better installed by its own method as outlined on its site. Any apt repositories are unofficial and likely to be behind current.

[-] rammjet@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago
[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

This is in fact a professional editor. If OP is looking into getting balls deep into ebook editing, this is the answer.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Usually you write the book with a text formatter and package the results in to an epub, so IDK if it's common to edit the epub directly.

The epub is just a zip file containing a metadata file and a bunch of simplified HTML files (one per chapter). So if you're comfortable editing HTML, or better yet writing scripts, you can probably slap together something simple that unpacks the epub, strips those images out of the pages, and re-packages the epub.

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