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Originally Posted by jswinden
A lot depends on whether it is a scanned image type of PDF or a PDF with text. The former never seems to convert well at all in my limited experience. The latter tends to convert better, but I've yet to get one to be very readable, especially using calibre. I usually get garbage out. I tried about 10 PDFs of different types then gave up. Let's face it, PDFs were never intended for reading. They were intended to be printed at a specific size. Some 15+ years later Adobe has added some features and improvements, but PDFs are still difficult to view even on a PC with a large monitor. Without reflowable text, they will be garbage on readers with 6" screens, and barely tolerable on readers with 10" screens.
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I make my own PDFs for my ereader. I've found them to be very readable on my ereader as long as I set the page size to the same size as my ereader's screen (3.5" x 4.75"). When I do that the ebook will appear on my computer screen exactly as it will appear on my ereader. I agree that the results are usually not very good when the PDF is not sized for an ereader's screen.
The main reason I use PDF as my format of choice for my ereader is that it gives me complete format control over my ebooks and they appear on my ereader exactly as I intended. This is something I've not found with any other format.
While I lose the ability to increase the size of the text on my ereader (while reflow is available I don't like the results), the format control is worth the tradeoff. With experience, I come to be able to format my ebooks in a way that looks great at the default (small) setting on my ereader.