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Originally Posted by maurices5000
Are all Google Books scanned?
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Most of them.
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I just saw a video on Mobipocket Creator and it destroys all the table formatting--unless that was an older version.
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The MobiPocket format is essentially an encapsulated subset of HTML with a Mobi wrapper. Mobi Creator works by ripping the source material to HTML, them building the Mobi volume from that. You don't have to build the Mobi volume immediately. You can rip to HTML, then edit the generated HTML before building the Mobi book.
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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.
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You are at the mercy of the input file.
I've played a bit with PDF conversion. PDFs created from clean source text, in single column layouts with in line graphics convert fairly well. Beyond that, things get ugly fast. In general, I get PDF and attempt conversion only if there is no other option.
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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.
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It's much better, but not perfect. Expect to do proofreading and cleanup, depending on what you're willing to settle for in the output file.
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Thanks! (If this can't be resolved, I may be sticking with paper.)
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Good luck.
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Dennis