How to convert CBZ to PDF
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:slug: cbz-to-pdf
:date: 2024-02-17 16:55
:tags: comics, software
:category: til
:keywords: comics, cbz, pdf, conversion
:lang: en
:translation: false
:status: published

1. Extract the archive (cbz is just a zip, cbr is a rar, …)
2. Convert individual pictures to PDF using ``img2pdf``
	- Many other ways including ``convert`` from ImageMagick tend to do weird stuff like breaking aspect ratios or adding margins
3. Merge files into the single PDF, e.g. using ``qpdf --empty --pages *.pdf -- output.pdf``.

References
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- https://askubuntu.com/questions/207172/how-to-convert-cbr-to-pdf
- https://superuser.com/questions/497293/how-to-convert-calibre-cbr-to-pdf-format-in-linux

Why
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My eBook reader (PocketBook Touch Lux) does not seem to be able to handle cbz.