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paieye · 02-01-2012, 02:54 AM

All of the books in which I am interested seem to be e-published in PDF only. My faithful Sony PRS 350 coped with these more than adequately until I broke it beyond repair last week.

I bought a Kobo Touch to replace it, only to find that it seems quite unable to cope with PDF. If I try to enlarge the text, the Kobo does indeed enlarge it, but the edges of the page vanish off the screen, and one must keep scrolling to read the page.

I therefore installed Calibre, thinking that this would enable me to convert the PDF files to EPUB. The right-hand column of the Calibre display tells me that it has indeed done so, but I cannot work out how to ensure that only the EPUB version of the file is copied to the Kobo.

Even then, I am not sure whether, if I can manage to copy only the EPUB version to the Kobo, that will enable the Kobo to display the file correctly.

I have asked Kobo's help-desk to advise me about this, and have mentioned that the Kobo website says that the device does not support 'reflow,' but this seems to be a question too far !

Can any kind person help ?

02-01-2012, 02:54 AM	#1
paieye Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Amazon Fire	PDF to EPUB ? All of the books in which I am interested seem to be e-published in PDF only. My faithful Sony PRS 350 coped with these more than adequately until I broke it beyond repair last week. I bought a Kobo Touch to replace it, only to find that it seems quite unable to cope with PDF. If I try to enlarge the text, the Kobo does indeed enlarge it, but the edges of the page vanish off the screen, and one must keep scrolling to read the page. I therefore installed Calibre, thinking that this would enable me to convert the PDF files to EPUB. The right-hand column of the Calibre display tells me that it has indeed done so, but I cannot work out how to ensure that only the EPUB version of the file is copied to the Kobo. Even then, I am not sure whether, if I can manage to copy only the EPUB version to the Kobo, that will enable the Kobo to display the file correctly. I have asked Kobo's help-desk to advise me about this, and have mentioned that the Kobo website says that the device does not support 'reflow,' but this seems to be a question too far ! Can any kind person help ?