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xristy · 12-25-2010, 10:12 PM

I have occasion to want to generate a searchable PDF from an ePub and thought that would be trivial in Calibre (0.7.35); however, it seems like what is generated from an ePub is a PDF of page images rather than searchable text. Am I doing something wrong or is this just how it is?

12-25-2010, 10:12 PM	#1
xristy Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 210 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: iPad	why ePub -> PDF pages as images? I have occasion to want to generate a searchable PDF from an ePub and thought that would be trivial in Calibre (0.7.35); however, it seems like what is generated from an ePub is a PDF of page images rather than searchable text. Am I doing something wrong or is this just how it is?