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kidblue · 10-11-2010, 01:13 AM

I know that the screenplay issue has been discussed before, but not in a few versions of Calibre nor regarding the Kindle 3.

The industry standard for screenplays is this PDF format (link to sample PDF). Obviously, transposing that to Mobi or TXT results in full-on left-justification. PDFs in general look small, because the Kindle doesn't "upscale" the text or reduce the margins.

Anyone have any ideas on how to maintain the PDF format (indents, etc.) but get it into a format that Calibre and an e-reader can "see" as text instead of an image?

Thanks,

Noah

10-11-2010, 01:13 AM	#1
kidblue Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Text-based PDF to Mobi, etc./Kindle 3 I know that the screenplay issue has been discussed before, but not in a few versions of Calibre nor regarding the Kindle 3. The industry standard for screenplays is this PDF format (link to sample PDF). Obviously, transposing that to Mobi or TXT results in full-on left-justification. PDFs in general look small, because the Kindle doesn't "upscale" the text or reduce the margins. Anyone have any ideas on how to maintain the PDF format (indents, etc.) but get it into a format that Calibre and an e-reader can "see" as text instead of an image? Thanks, Noah