Thread: thinking of buying a k3, but have a few questions...
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Old 10-14-2010, 05:14 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
No 6in reader will do a particularly good job on pdf.
Unless the pdfs are explicitly targeted at small-screen devices when created you likely won't be satisfied with the presentation.

You *might* be able to get a half-decent HTML file out of a pdf using the free Mobi Creator from Mobipocket.com (install it as the Professional version instead of the personal version to get the ability to import pdf). The Creator will produce a .mobi/prc file that will be Kindle-compatible *and* leave behind a fairly clean HTML file that you can use to produce a better prc conversion if you're not satisfied with the baseline mobi file.
Also try "PDFReflow"

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfreflow/

Works very well on fiction-type PDFs (ie: no fancy tabling or the like). I don't have any fancy PDFs to test. Every now and then it does totally choke and produce a single giant paragraph. I've seen this happen with two pfs out of the ~50 I've fed it, which I find more than acceptable results.
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