EPUB to Obsidian Converter
Convert EPUB books to Obsidian Markdown notes with proper chapter structure and frontmatter.
Installation
# Install dependencies
pip install html2text beautifulsoup4
# Ensure Calibre is installed (for ebook-convert)
scoop install calibre
Usage
Command Line
python -m tools.epub_converter <input.epub> <output_dir> [--author "Author"] [--tags "tag1,tag2"]
# Example
python -m tools.epub_converter "book.epub" "output_folder" --author "Author Name" --tags "tag1,tag2"
Python API
from tools.epub_converter import EpubConverter
converter = EpubConverter()
files = converter.convert(
"input.epub",
"output_dir",
author="Author Name",
tags=["tag1", "tag2"]
)
print(f"Created {len(files)} files")
Features
- Extracts metadata from EPUB (title, author, publisher, date)
- Handles OEBPS format with anchor-based TOC
- Calibre normalization for complex EPUB structures
- Splits into per-chapter Obsidian notes
- Standard YAML frontmatter for Obsidian
Output Format
Each chapter file includes:
---
title: "Chapter Title"
categories:
- "[[LLM Wiki]]"
- "[[Books]]"
tags:
- book
- epub
- custom-tags
book: "[[Book Title]]"
author: "[[Author Name]]"
section: "Section Name"
created: "YYYY-MM-DD"
type: book-chapter
---
Requirements
- Python 3.10+
- Calibre (ebook-convert)
- html2text (recommended)
- beautifulsoup4 (optional fallback)