kindlegen.Rd

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\name{kindlegen}
\alias{kindlegen}
\title{A wrapper function to convert EPUB to the Mobipocket format}
\usage{
kindlegen(epub, exec = Sys.which("kindlegen"))
}
\arguments{
\item{epub}{The path to a \code{.epub} file (e.g. created from the
\code{\link{epub_book}()} format). If missing, it is automatically guessed
from the book configurations.}

\item{exec}{The path to the executable \command{kindlegen}, which can be
downloaded from
\url{http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765211}.}
}
\value{
The path of the \file{.mobi} file if the conversion is successful.
}
\description{
This function simply calls the command line tool \command{kindlegen} provided
by Amazon to convert EPUB e-books to the Mobipocket format (\file{.mobi}).
}