Preferred Format for Libre

Desertway · 03-06-2010, 05:55 PM

My Libre is on the way, and I will be converting my library. Which is the better experience on the Libre, Mobi or ePub? Thanks.

Bigness · 03-06-2010, 08:04 PM

I haven't tried mobi, but I've found the epub works great (much better than pdf or rtf)

uRwhatUr · 03-06-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigness

I haven't tried mobi, but I've found the epub works great (much better than pdf or rtf)

Desertway · 03-06-2010, 08:38 PM

ePub it is. Thanks.

jrl007 · 03-09-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Desertway

ePub it is. Thanks.

I've had my JBL for about a month now, and any books that I convert from PDF to ePub using Calibre (sp?) don't look all that great. Formatting if off, sometimes lots of space between paragraphs, sometimes no space at all, and the headers (page x) are usually mixed in with the text. Am I doing something wrong?

Kralik · 03-09-2010, 07:40 PM

Converting PDF to anything is a painful process!

jrl007 · 03-09-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Kralik

Converting PDF to anything is a painful process!

Well it's definitely readable, it's just not...pretty

Nakor · 03-09-2010, 08:07 PM

AFAIK the Calibre crew's working on a better PDF input for their conversions, but due to the nature of the format it's not an easy task.

If you don't mind making some of the corrections yourself, you could convert to something you can edit by hand (like RTF), fix it, and then convert that to ePub, but it's a lot of hard work if it's something, for example, you'll only read once.

Ken Maltby · 03-09-2010, 08:12 PM

I expect that you could get just the results you want - If - you were to work out
the proper formatting options in Calibre. Short of that, you could at least use the
"Conversion">"Page Setup">"Output Profile:">"JetBook 5-inch", in the preferences.

Luck;
Ken

jrl007 · 03-09-2010, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nakor

AFAIK the Calibre crew's working on a better PDF input for their conversions, but due to the nature of the format it's not an easy task.

If you don't mind making some of the corrections yourself, you could convert to something you can edit by hand (like RTF), fix it, and then convert that to ePub, but it's a lot of hard work if it's something, for example, you'll only read once.

It LOOKS ok in Calibre's reader, and if I convert it to text and look at it in wordpad or notepad, it looks fine, but when I convert it to ePub and look at it on the JBL the formatting is really bad.

I told Calibre that it's a Jetbook 5" reader, and the books aren't UNREADABLE, formatting is just off, but if I can get it better, change some setting or 2, that would be really nice

jrl007 · 03-10-2010, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I expect that you could get just the results you want - If - you were to work out
the proper formatting options in Calibre. Short of that, you could at least use the
"Conversion">"Page Setup">"Output Profile:">"JetBook 5-inch", in the preferences.

Luck;
Ken

Thanks Ken. I have it setup for the JetBook 5-inch and that's not quite doing it. Any tips for working out the proper formatting options? I have no clue where to even start.

Thanks!

tselling · 03-10-2010, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrl007

I've had my JBL for about a month now, and any books that I convert from PDF to ePub using Calibre (sp?) don't look all that great. Formatting if off, sometimes lots of space between paragraphs, sometimes no space at all, and the headers (page x) are usually mixed in with the text. Am I doing something wrong?

For PDFs with headers and footers, I usually import into Mobipocket Reader first. It usually provides a decent mobipocket file and strips the headers and footers.. Then I use Calibre to convert from mobi to epub.

Ken Maltby · 03-10-2010, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrl007

Thanks Ken. I have it setup for the JetBook 5-inch and that's not quite doing it. Any tips for working out the proper formatting options? I have no clue where to even start.

Thanks!

I guess that would depend on what you needed to change from the
default formatting Calibre is providing.

I am no expert on Calibre, and there is a forum for it here.

One thing I notice is that there are options for both the input and
output sides of the conversion process. If it is that the PDF's headers
and footers are a problem and not needed, for instance, you might be
able to remove them on the input side. Or - correct or remove them
by addressing it with the output settings.

There is also Sigil which has it's own forum here, as well.
http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

I haven't used it much, but it appears to provide an easier editing of the
epub, with a number of less technical editing options.

Luck;
Ken

jrl007 · 03-10-2010, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tselling

For PDFs with headers and footers, I usually import into Mobipocket Reader first. It usually provides a decent mobipocket file and strips the headers and footers.. Then I use Calibre to convert from mobi to epub.

Thanks for the tip, I will certainly try this the next time I convert a book. I just finished one, and about 1/3 of the way through one, so the next one I'll try this. I've already converted it, but I'll re-convert the PDF to Mobipocket, then epub.

Thanks again!

jrl007 · 03-10-2010, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I guess that would depend on what you needed to change from the
default formatting Calibre is providing.

I am no expert on Calibre, and there is a forum for it here.

One thing I notice is that there are options for both the input and
output sides of the conversion process. If it is that the PDF's headers
and footers are a problem and not needed, for instance, you might be
able to remove them on the input side. Or - correct or remove them
by addressing it with the output settings.

There is also Sigil which has it's own forum here, as well.
http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

I haven't used it much, but it appears to provide an easier editing of the
epub, with a number of less technical editing options.

Luck;
Ken

I've searched the calibre forum here, came up with a lot of general info on the JBL, but nothing specific as far as the formatting goes. I've also tried some of the options pertaining to headers/footers, input/output but the settings that I've tried did nothing that I could see...

For now, Calibre is doing a decent job, it's probably my lack of experience with it that's causing me to not get the results that I desire, and it's not a BIG hairy deal, it's about 98% effective, it just breaks the immersion somewhat:

"the monster reached for John, he'd seen what it had done to it's other victims, and now it waspage 56about to..."

Something like that, see what I mean?

Not really a big deal, but if I can eliminate it I'd like to.

Thanks again for the tips.

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Bigness Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Winchester, Virginia, USA Device: Libre Pro	I haven't tried mobi, but I've found the epub works great (much better than pdf or rtf)

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Desertway Addict Posts: 313 Karma: 1701842 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 3	ePub it is. Thanks.

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Kralik Guru Posts: 609 Karma: 1013897 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Rooted NST	Converting PDF to anything is a painful process!

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Nakor Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 511602 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Aluratek Libre	AFAIK the Calibre crew's working on a better PDF input for their conversions, but due to the nature of the format it's not an easy task. If you don't mind making some of the corrections yourself, you could convert to something you can edit by hand (like RTF), fix it, and then convert that to ePub, but it's a lot of hard work if it's something, for example, you'll only read once.

03-09-2010, 08:12 PM	#9
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	I expect that you could get just the results you want - If - you were to work out the proper formatting options in Calibre. Short of that, you could at least use the "Conversion">"Page Setup">"Output Profile:">"JetBook 5-inch", in the preferences. Luck; Ken

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