lemmyuser68@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoPDF to EPUB doable?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up134file-text
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minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoCalibre claims to do it. I just tried it on Writing Fiction for Dummies, which is heavily formatted with lots of graphics, etc. It did not do a good job. Two columns on one page broke it. If you have a simple book, it will probably work.
minus-squareTrent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYeeeah to get nice results you have to do a fair bit of tinkering. Almost never worth it unless PDF is the only thing you can get.
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBetter off reading pdf in a reformatter like GoodReader. I dont know how the hell they do it but they cracked the pdf cleaning up game
Calibre claims to do it.
I just tried it on Writing Fiction for Dummies, which is heavily formatted with lots of graphics, etc. It did not do a good job. Two columns on one page broke it. If you have a simple book, it will probably work.
Yeeeah to get nice results you have to do a fair bit of tinkering. Almost never worth it unless PDF is the only thing you can get.
Better off reading pdf in a reformatter like GoodReader. I dont know how the hell they do it but they cracked the pdf cleaning up game