Convert iBook EPUBs to standard EPUBs

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How to Convert iBook EPUBs to standard EPUBs

iBooks EPUBs actually show up on macOS as folders. If you need the actual file you can use the above script to convert your iBook directory of files to a destination directory.

The path of iBook files as of macOS 10.15.7 is: /Users/${USER}/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents

Usage

mkdir converted
python convert_ibook.py "/Users/${USER}/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents" converted

Sources

• iBook EPUB Location
• EPUB Conversion

convert_ibook.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from pathlib import Path
import argparse

import subprocess
import os

from pprint import pprint

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("input", help="Directory path to search for epub files.", type=Path)
parser.add_argument("output", help="Directory to write epub files to.", type=Path)
args = parser.parse_args()

# Check input and output exist
if not args.input.is_dir() or not args.output.is_dir():
    raise Exception("Either input or output does not exist.")

book_paths = list(args.input.glob("*.epub"))

print(f"Found {len(book_paths)} epub files.")


output_dir = args.output.resolve()


for book_path in book_paths:
    out_path = "\""+str(output_dir / book_path.name)+"\""
    print(f"Converted {book_path.name}")
    os.chdir(book_path)
    subprocess.call(
        f"zip -X -r {out_path} mimetype *",
        shell=True,
        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL
    )