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You're welcome to pursue it, but I dont see the point
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Sorry, it was a request because I'm not a programmer. I do not have the experience to code it myself.
As for the point:
- *not* all readers support PDFs and those that do often treat the files differently in terms of both feature set and organizational scheme
- I wish to have consistency in my digital library
- EPUB is an open format, PDF is not. I would like to ween myself (and others) off of them out of principle.
- Other programs also treat EPUBs differently than PDFs. Evernote for example parses PDFs as searchable (creating a lot of unrelated matches in search results) so I would like to store them as EPUBs
- Sometimes, I wish to distribute a file and have it opened in an eBook reader rather than simply the default PDF reader. From a user experience point of view, eBook readers tend to be more immersive and engaging. Loading the same file in a default PDF reader (which is what everyone naturally does when the file is send via email) rarely has the same experience.
- OCR software typically exports to PDF with a transparent layer of text. They do not support EPUB. I would like to try making my comic collection and a collection of menus searchable.
- Finally, I feel like there should be some option out there that does a good job converting a PDF to EPUB for a million reasons that pop up in life that aren't listed above. Currently, an accurate and searchable option does not exist. Judging from the quantity of posts regarding the topic and the staggering number of programs that attempt to do the conversion, this is a significant need. It simply hasn't yet been done in a way that is even remotely accurate to the original form. With fixed layout EPUBs, the possibility exists. I thought Calibre would be a good fit for this feature given its strength in many people's eyes is converting between document formats.