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shen · 12-31-2007, 06:56 AM

Hi all,

since my results in converting PDF to LRF using Book Designer often were not as good as expected (i.e. losing italics, not detecting and eliminating page numbers, losing images) in some cases, I was looking for a new way to give me better results.

As I knew, that Mobipocket deals really good with PDFs I was trying to convert PDFs with Mobipocket. But I had no luck with converting these really well looking PRCs to LRF, as Book Designer didn't recognize them.

So I gave Mobipocket Creator a try. Same result with these PRCs ... but ... Creator makes a temporary HTML which works very well (at least in my tests) with BD.

So that's the way to go:

First install Mobipocket Creator from http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp

Install it with the advanced features enabled.

Start it and choose "Import From Existing File" and import your PDF.

Click on "Build".

Now check "Open folder containing eBook" and click "OK".

There you will find a HTML file. Open this in Book Designer and save your LRF - that's all.

I know there are a few tools for converting PDF to LRF or PDF to HTML, but this is the easiest way with the best results I found so far (at least for standard eBooks - technical documents may not work that good) - give it a try!

Stefan

12-31-2007, 06:56 AM	#1
shen Member Posts: 20 Karma: 46 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-505	From PDF to LRF via Mobipocket Creator and BD - works great :-) Hi all, since my results in converting PDF to LRF using Book Designer often were not as good as expected (i.e. losing italics, not detecting and eliminating page numbers, losing images) in some cases, I was looking for a new way to give me better results. As I knew, that Mobipocket deals really good with PDFs I was trying to convert PDFs with Mobipocket. But I had no luck with converting these really well looking PRCs to LRF, as Book Designer didn't recognize them. So I gave Mobipocket Creator a try. Same result with these PRCs ... but ... Creator makes a temporary HTML which works very well (at least in my tests) with BD. So that's the way to go: First install Mobipocket Creator from http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp Install it with the advanced features enabled. Start it and choose "Import From Existing File" and import your PDF. Click on "Build". Now check "Open folder containing eBook" and click "OK". There you will find a HTML file. Open this in Book Designer and save your LRF - that's all. I know there are a few tools for converting PDF to LRF or PDF to HTML, but this is the easiest way with the best results I found so far (at least for standard eBooks - technical documents may not work that good) - give it a try! Stefan Last edited by shen; 12-31-2007 at 08:18 AM.