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Select the check box to accept the terms of agreement and then click. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the file and then click Save.ĥ.Ěfter the download is complete, double-click the downloaded file, and click Run to install the software on your computer.Ħ. (The Calibre site has instructions for Mac OS X and Linux users also.) To download and install Calibre, follow these steps:Ĥ. You can normally expect to pay around $50 to $100 for manuscript conversion from Word to MOBI / EPUB, but note that the price will depend on the length and complexity of your manuscript.įor simplicity’s sake, I assume that you’re using Windows. I recommend giving Calibre a try on your own, but if you get stuck or simply prefer to outsource this step of the e-book creation process, look online for help. There are plenty of companies and individual experts who can convert your Word document into a MOBI and/or EPUB file for you. You don’t have to complete every stage involved in the creation of an e-book by yourself. It also looks like DeDRM hasnt been updated since about the time Calibre 5 came out. In the Github page for the DeDRM project, the file config.py is trying to load Qt 5. On the Calibre change log it mentions that Calibre 6 now uses Qt 6, and Qt 5 plugins may not work. It’s free, and it has versions for Windows, OS X, and Linux. As a stab in the gloom, I think it has to do with the Qt library. The software that I recommend is Calibre.

You have several different ways to create MOBI and EPUB files.
