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Originally Posted by Buckeye
Here is my question: I have many ebooks in pdf file format(purchased prior to owning the device). I understand that my new EB1150 does not support these types of files. I have searched for pdf to html, txt, doc and etc type software. Even tried a few. I am having one heck of a time. I am not that computer savvy at all. I downloaded the pdfread version and ended up losing the material (dang it, was a really good book). User fault I am sure. I looked within this website and have found certain information then they start using words like half-landscape, -commands..very clueless. 
Is there a user firendly conversion software out there for this device?? Or if anyone can explain the process in laymen terms would be great!! 
Thank you for any adice in advance!
If I put this question in the wrong forum, I apologize. |
It is not an easy task. There are PDF converters that convert a file directly for use on the eB-1150. They way they do this is by making a picture of the page and then displaying the picture on the eb-1150 sideways. This can provide the 2 pictures per pdf page that you were talking about. One such program I have used is called PDFRead. It works exactly this way.
The basic problem is that most PDF documents are designed to look good on a 8.5" x 11" piece of page and to display this exactly correct on your eb-1150 which is only 3 1/8" wide and 4.5" tall is a difficult task. Even displaying sideways with only 1/2 page means you still have to squeeze 8.5" into 4.5" which make the font pretty small and all the images pretty small.
Some PDF documents are really nothing more than pictures, even though they look like text and pictures. There is really nothing more you can do with those. Others are actually text and may have a picture in them as well. These kinds of PDF files may be able to be converted more successfully. Try saving the document as text from within Adobe Reader and see what you get. If you get all the text then you could use that as a starting point for converting and import the text into eBook Publisher or into word for later import.
There are some programs you can buy that will convert the text of a pdf intelligently into flowable text that can be easily converted to your eBookwise reader. This can ease the task a bit.
The real problem is that PDF was never designed to be used on smaller devices. It was designed to be printed on a piece of paper.
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