Thread: Problem Converting Epub to PDF
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Old 07-17-2012, 01:27 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by maiki View Post
I just noticed this.

Yes, both Epubs I mentioned look fine in Calibre's viewer.

I will check out the thread you linked to, thanks.

Edit--I just looked at that thread. Yes, very similar problem he had, with a book purchased from the same vendor. (Interesting too, that the only person responding to him asked him why he wanted to convert, rather than helping with the problem.) As I just responded there though, Kobo does not use a proprietary form of epub, but a standard one. You can see that described on their web site. That is why I bought from them, as so many e-book sellers sell books that will only work on their own devices and apps. The Kobo e-book I have opens and reads fine with different epub readers, including Calibre. But the Calibre converter would not convert it correctly to PDF. (As said, I also tried to convert Calibre's own quickstart guide (an epub) to pdf, as an experiment, and it basically worked, but missing the TOC info.)
I made a comment about the kepub format in the other thread, but I wanted to comment about something here.

You make a big thing about the fact that the only reply in the other was about why the OP wanted to do this. That question lead to a solution: a suggestion of another way to do this. Knowing why someone is doing something can help us to think ways to do it. It also helps us to know how important it is. There is also the curiosity factor: I can't think of a good reason to do this, so I am curious about why you want to. I don't know about others here, but piquing my curiosity is always a good way to get help from me.

Another thing that can help is telling us what the book is. Maybe one of us have a copy already and can do some experiments to see what happens and why. Or if it a free book, then we can all grab it
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