Thread: PDF extraction – what is the best tool?
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Old 03-29-2008, 10:55 AM   #3
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When converting PDFs to MobiPocket for my Cybook I have so far used MobiPocket Creator and Adobe Acrobat v6.

I think that the best result is archived if I export the PDF to HTML from Acrobat and then convert the HTML file to .prc using MopiPocket Creator, instead of converting directly from PDF to .prc in MobiPocket creator.
I have tried a great many software packages for PDF conversion. I own the latest Adobe Acrobat, and it is one of my least favorites for this task. DocUnPDF works very well (Mac and Win versions available, $60 or so) and will output in many formats including html and lrf. The company's reps are pretty nice, and will work with customers- for example, issuing license codes for 2 installations of the software when you buy it, so you can have one install at home and one at work.

My other favorite is Gemini, by Iceni, a British software company. Its output from pdf to html is the best I have seen, but you do pay a price- $159 when I bought it. It's absolutely top-of-the-line.

Gemini and UnPDF are the only 2 softwares out there I would recommend for this task.
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