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qwerty123456 · 07-22-2010, 06:41 AM

I have a PDF file that it approximately 30 MB large and I wish to convert it to the MOBI format for my Kindle.

This conversion produces a MOBI file that is much larger than my PDF file! I tried to look at the MOBI file using my PC's kindle viewer and all pages remained unchanged. This means that it misread all the text from my PDF file as a picture - and no text was even detected.

I have a taken a look at the FAQ but I do not know how to resolve this problem. Is Calibre the best software I can use for PDF to MOBI conversion? My text is a standard one-column book with some pictures and I am surprised that Calibre is not detecting any text.

07-22-2010, 06:41 AM	#1
qwerty123456 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	PDF to MOBI conversion - unable to detect any words I have a PDF file that it approximately 30 MB large and I wish to convert it to the MOBI format for my Kindle. This conversion produces a MOBI file that is much larger than my PDF file! I tried to look at the MOBI file using my PC's kindle viewer and all pages remained unchanged. This means that it misread all the text from my PDF file as a picture - and no text was even detected. I have a taken a look at the FAQ but I do not know how to resolve this problem. Is Calibre the best software I can use for PDF to MOBI conversion? My text is a standard one-column book with some pictures and I am surprised that Calibre is not detecting any text.