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Wouldn't converting this PDF to epub via Calibre work just as well?
by cocacola1 9y ago
Wouldn't converting this PDF to epub via Calibre work just as well?
- michaelmrose 9y agoOne would think but converting from pdf is pretty crappy and the results meh at best in my experience.
- danShumway 9y agoMy understanding is that PDFs are not layed out semantically, so the conversion experience is never going to get much better. I have nothing against people who rely on PDFs for layouts, but I kind of wish in general we would stop using the format, specifically for that reason. I consider most PDFs to be a downgrade from a pure text format. There's been a trend lately of technical authors publishing books as CSS/HTML, and I think that's a really good idea. But I get it - if someone isn't into the whole responsive design thing, or they're not worried about readers being able to change contrast/size/fonts, it's going to be a really hard sell to convince that person to use a format that makes it more difficult to do pixel-perfect layout.
- bigmanwalter 9y agoI have had good success converting PDF to mobile format with k2pdfopt http://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ http://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/