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--- oldtech:calibre:manga [2025/05/07 17:29] – ifixcoinops
+++ oldtech:calibre:manga [2025/07/17 23:38] (current) – [Comics and manga on the Sony PRS-505] ifixcoinops
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 ====== Comics and manga on the Sony PRS-505 ======
 Manga is awesome on the PRS-505.  Western comics work too, but not as well because their pages are bigger, so you might have to squint a bit.  Manga tends to come in three formats:
-  * .cbz - this is a bunch of individual pictures given numerically-ascending filenames like page001.jpg, page0002.jpg and so on, all zipped up together in a .zip file, and then someone's right-clicked on it and changed .zip to .cbz.  That's it.  If you change the file extension back to .zip then you can open it in your file manager.
+  * **.cbz** - this is a bunch of individual pictures given numerically-ascending filenames like page001.jpg, page0002.jpg and so on, all zipped up together in a .zip file, and then someone's right-clicked on it and changed .zip to .cbz.  That's it.  If you change the file extension back to .zip then you can open it in your file manager.
-  * .cbr - this is the same as .cbz but it started as a .rar instead of a .zip.  The difference between .rar and .zip is that you need to install extra software to unzip .rar files.  I'm sure that some nerd will be mad at me about that sentence and send me a long email about compression algorithms but whatever.
+  * **.cbr** - this is the same as .cbz but it started as a .rar instead of a .zip.  The difference between .rar and .zip is that you need to install extra software to unzip .rar files.  I'm sure that some nerd will be mad at me about that sentence and send me a long email about compression algorithms but whatever.
-  * .pdf - this is a pain in the arse, but we can still work with it (see later section).
+  * **.pdf** - this is a pain in the arse, but we can still work with it (see later section).
 If you put a .cbz file into Calibre, right-click and select Convert, then Calibre will automatically:
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 Clicking on the "Comic Input" button on the conversion screen will let you see some options; in my experience, most comics look better with the Sharpen feature turned on, a few look better with it turned off, experiment for the best results.  This feature can take a LOT of RAM if you're working with huge .cbz files so close any other programs except Calibre (especially your web browser) before you run it.  When working with manga, make sure you select the "Right to left" checkbox appropriately, for when the manga throws in the occasional landscape page (so you don't end up erroneously looking at the left side of the page first).
-(note: although images inside the books will be resized and greyscaled properly, cover images will still be huge and full-colour, so don't forget to hit that Resize Cover button too)
+(note: although images inside the books will be resized and greyscaled properly, cover images will still be huge and full-colour, so don't forget to hit that Resize Cover button too, BEFORE you hit right-click->Convert)
+==== Manga gobbles up your SD card space like popcorn ====
+Even after having all its images resized to fit your screen, manga takes up ENORMOUS amounts of space, around 30 or 40 megabytes per volume.  You can fit hundreds (thousands if you go without covers) of straight-up text books in the space taken up by a single manga volume.  Just something to keep in mind.
 ==== Why PDFs are a pain in the arse (and how to convert them anyway) ====