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From: Jochem Huhmann on 4 Jun 2010 06:52
Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> writes:

> On 4 June, 07:11, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
>>
>> iBooks doesn't do PDFs, only ePubs. However, there's a app called
>> GoodReader that does PDFs. Rather an odd miss on Apple's part. Seems
>> strange that there's no iPad version of Preview.
>
> Is there something that'll convert PDFs to ePubs? I tried Stanza but
> it nade a pig's ear on the one I tried it on.

Try Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/


Jochem

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From: Woody on 4 Jun 2010 07:08
On 04/06/2010 11:52, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> writes:
>
>> On 4 June, 07:11, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
>>>
>>> iBooks doesn't do PDFs, only ePubs. However, there's a app called
>>> GoodReader that does PDFs. Rather an odd miss on Apple's part. Seems
>>> strange that there's no iPad version of Preview.
>>
>> Is there something that'll convert PDFs to ePubs? I tried Stanza but
>> it nade a pig's ear on the one I tried it on.
>
> Try Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/

Can do a good job with a bit of tuning, although generally also makes a
bit of a pigs ear of it by default.
Depends on the PDF a lot.

--
Woody
From: Jochem Huhmann on 4 Jun 2010 07:15
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes:

>> Try Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/
>
> Can do a good job with a bit of tuning, although generally also makes a
> bit of a pigs ear of it by default.
> Depends on the PDF a lot.

Yes, but in my experiences it can be the difference between a readable
mess and an unreadable mess. Converting complex PDFs to ePub is not an
easy thing to do anyway.


Jochem

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"A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no
longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Woody on 4 Jun 2010 07:19
On 04/06/2010 12:15, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes:
>
>>> Try Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com/
>>
>> Can do a good job with a bit of tuning, although generally also makes a
>> bit of a pigs ear of it by default.
>> Depends on the PDF a lot.
>
> Yes, but in my experiences it can be the difference between a readable
> mess and an unreadable mess. Converting complex PDFs to ePub is not an
> easy thing to do anyway.

No, because PDF contains no document structure. Calibre has a series of
xpath or regular expression lookups so if you put a lot of effort in,
you can get decent results.

Best results I have had is to do PDF->Text with my own tools (or the
xpdf tools), open it in a text editor, find / replace all headers / page
numbers / other obvious formatting, then use either calibre to make the
ePub or an ePub book editor on the mac (whos name currently escapes me)

--
Woody
From: Jim on 4 Jun 2010 07:25
On 2010-06-04, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Best results I have had is to do PDF->Text with my own tools (or the
> xpdf tools), open it in a text editor, find / replace all headers / page
> numbers / other obvious formatting, then use either calibre to make the
> ePub or an ePub book editor on the mac (whos name currently escapes me)

If you remember the name please let us know.

Jim
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