Show HN: eInk optimized manga with Kindle Comic Converter (+Kobo/ReMarkable)

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Summary

KCC Kindle Comic Converter optimizes comics and manga for eink readers like Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable, and more. Pages display in fullscreen without margins, with proper fixed layout support. Its main feature is various optional image processing steps to look good on eink screens, which have different requirements than normal LCD screens. It also does filesize optimization by downscaling to your specific device's screen resolution, which can improve performance on underpowered ereaders. Supported input formats include folders/CBZ/CBR/PDF of JPG/PNG files and more. Supported output formats include virtual panel view MOBI/AZW3, EPUB, KEPUB, and CBZ. YouTube tutorial (please subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2Fhcm9658 A word of warning KCC is not Amazon's Kindle Comic Creator nor is in any way endorsed by Amazon. Amazon's tool is for comic publishers and involves a lot of manual effort, while KCC is for comic/manga readers. KC2 in no way is a replacement for KCC so you can be quite confident we are going to carry on developing our little monster ;-) Issues / new features / donations If you have general questions about usage, feedback etc. please post it here. If you have some technical problems using KCC please file an issue here. If you can fix an open issue, fork & make a pull request. If you find KCC valuable you can consider donating to the authors: Ciro Mattia Gonano (founder, active 2012-2014): Paweł Jastrzębski (active 2013-2019): Alex Xu (active 2023-Present) Sponsors Free code signing on Windows provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation DOWNLOADS Click on Assets of the latest release. You probably want either KCC_*.*.*.exe (Windows) (Windows) kcc_macos_arm_*.*.*.dmg (recent Mac with Apple Silicon M1 chip or later) (recent Mac with Apple Silicon M1 chip or later) kcc_macos_i386_*.*.*.dmg (older Mac with Intel chip) The c2e and c2p versions are command line tools for power users. On Windows 11, you may need to run in compatibility mo...

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