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jackie_w · 03-20-2011, 11:55 AM

Firstly you need to read this regarding Calibre and PDFs

Secondly, Calibre will not help you reformat a PDF into another, more readable, PDF.

You don't say what your reader is, but Calibre will convert PDFs to other formats, e.g EPUB (for Sony readers), MOBI (for Kindles). The results vary from "not bad" to "horrible". I would expect a magazine, with images and multi-columns, to be at the "horrible" end of the spectrum.

If you want to read a PDF, originally designed for a large printed page, on an electronic device then you need a reader with a bigger screen, e.g it may be OK on an iPad or other tablet, although I can't speak from experience as I don't have one.

03-20-2011, 11:55 AM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,249 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	Firstly you need to read this regarding Calibre and PDFs Secondly, Calibre will not help you reformat a PDF into another, more readable, PDF. You don't say what your reader is, but Calibre will convert PDFs to other formats, e.g EPUB (for Sony readers), MOBI (for Kindles). The results vary from "not bad" to "horrible". I would expect a magazine, with images and multi-columns, to be at the "horrible" end of the spectrum. If you want to read a PDF, originally designed for a large printed page, on an electronic device then you need a reader with a bigger screen, e.g it may be OK on an iPad or other tablet, although I can't speak from experience as I don't have one.