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maurices5000 · 01-11-2011, 12:43 AM

Are all Google Books scanned? I just saw a video on Mobipocket Creator and it destroys all the table formatting--unless that was an older version.

How much hope is there for me using Calibre? I'm starting to feel i've wasted several days of my time researching eBooks now. I was told that I could easily convert any book into a Kindle Format. I understood at in PDF format i could not search or highlight text, but based on waht i was told i thought that I was getting a fully functional Kindle file just like regular ebooks with the right conversion tool.

How good is OCR software now? Years ago at least, it was pretty good with a lot of errors. I really don't think of a file with 20% errors as being good. that's a lot of work.

Thanks! (If this can't be resolved, I may be sticking with paper.)

01-11-2011, 12:43 AM	#348
maurices5000 Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle Voyage	Are all Google Books scanned? I just saw a video on Mobipocket Creator and it destroys all the table formatting--unless that was an older version. How much hope is there for me using Calibre? I'm starting to feel i've wasted several days of my time researching eBooks now. I was told that I could easily convert any book into a Kindle Format. I understood at in PDF format i could not search or highlight text, but based on waht i was told i thought that I was getting a fully functional Kindle file just like regular ebooks with the right conversion tool. How good is OCR software now? Years ago at least, it was pretty good with a lot of errors. I really don't think of a file with 20% errors as being good. that's a lot of work. Thanks! (If this can't be resolved, I may be sticking with paper.)