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zamana · 06-17-2013, 09:56 AM

This weekend I decided to face the whole procedure to convert a PDF to read as an e-Book on my Kindle PW.

I followed the formula:

PDF -> MobiPocket -> HTML -> Sigil -> EPUB -> Calibre -> AZW3 -> Kindle PW.

Very easy if you're only interested in read the book, if you're only interested in the contents of the book. BUT, if you want the formatation, the design, the presentation, the table of contents, parts and chapters' division, footnotes with proper links and so on, it's another story...

So, my question: is there any [easy] way beyond the HARD WORK that you need to put on the Sigil phase in order to have an e-Book from a PDF properly formatted? By "properly formatted" I mean the way that the book is presented in the PDF version.

Thanks.
Regards.

06-17-2013, 09:56 AM	#1
zamana Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 52836 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: São Paulo / Brazil Device: Kindles: Touch, Voyage, Oasis 9th, Oasis 10th / Kobo: Libra Colour	PDF to Kindle, but not only contents! This weekend I decided to face the whole procedure to convert a PDF to read as an e-Book on my Kindle PW. I followed the formula: PDF -> MobiPocket -> HTML -> Sigil -> EPUB -> Calibre -> AZW3 -> Kindle PW. Very easy if you're only interested in read the book, if you're only interested in the contents of the book. BUT, if you want the formatation, the design, the presentation, the table of contents, parts and chapters' division, footnotes with proper links and so on, it's another story... So, my question: is there any [easy] way beyond the HARD WORK that you need to put on the Sigil phase in order to have an e-Book from a PDF properly formatted? By "properly formatted" I mean the way that the book is presented in the PDF version. Thanks. Regards.