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datadog · 02-09-2012, 05:45 AM

Hi all,

Step 3 - This is for separating pages for a different method of cropping - for example some PDFs have a cover page as the first page so key in "1" so you can set the first page to not be cropped at all and keep its original size.

Also using Briss means that PDFs can be now be converted to readable epubs. Here is a quick tutorial:

1. Crop the PDF with Briss
2. Convert the cropped PDF to a HTML using Mobipocket creator.
3. Drop the html into calibre and convert to an epub
(Move the html out of the my publications folder and into an empty folder before converting if you don't want any images added to the epub)
4. Use Sigil to create a TOC and fix spelling mistakes and any other issues.

Also you can add "open with" plugins to calibre such as "open with sigil" and "open with briss" this can make the conversion process easier.

Maybe we should add a "pdf to epub" howto to the wiki as these types of questions are asked quite frequently.

02-09-2012, 05:45 AM	#2
datadog Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 548 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	Hi all, Step 3 - This is for separating pages for a different method of cropping - for example some PDFs have a cover page as the first page so key in "1" so you can set the first page to not be cropped at all and keep its original size. Also using Briss means that PDFs can be now be converted to readable epubs. Here is a quick tutorial: 1. Crop the PDF with Briss 2. Convert the cropped PDF to a HTML using Mobipocket creator. 3. Drop the html into calibre and convert to an epub (Move the html out of the my publications folder and into an empty folder before converting if you don't want any images added to the epub) 4. Use Sigil to create a TOC and fix spelling mistakes and any other issues. Also you can add "open with" plugins to calibre such as "open with sigil" and "open with briss" this can make the conversion process easier. Maybe we should add a "pdf to epub" howto to the wiki as these types of questions are asked quite frequently.