On: Backing Up My Kindle Ebooks (2018)

[harshreality]

Converting ebooks doesn't destroy formatting unless you convert to a formatting-limited format like mobi or rtf as an intermediate step.

kf8 and epub are roughly equivalent.

[maskros → harshreality]

The default settings to remove/add spaces between paragraphs amounts to destroying the original formatting.

KF8 is a proprietary wrapper around a regular EPUB file.

[harshreality → maskros]

I don't think that's the default. I just reverted to default settings when trying to convert a mobi to epub, and the options to remove/insert paragraphs, linearize tables and several other obvious unwanted modifications are all disabled.

[maskros → harshreality]

If true, that's excellent news! I've carried around my custom Calibre settings for several years now, so I don't really know what is the default anymore. Back when I started using Calibre, the default settings were not ideal, and most Calibre converted files I've seen in the wild have used the old defaults.