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Originally Posted by mrmikel
As noted by Toxaris, just plain slogging. There are very meticulous epub creators here that go through their submissions to the library repeatedly correcting previously unfound errors.
Your post also does not mention the significant problem of what flavor of epub, for which machine. Hitch makes her living weaving and dodging like a Superbowl quarterback among the creative variations the actual device manufacturers have put into their machines.
Lastly some things, like tables, pull quotes, etc will work only so long as the user stays within a certain size range. So a technically correct epub may not be so hot once you try to use it in a particular device.
Distributed Proofreaders, the group that checks Project Gutenberg books, has some software they use which allows viewing a PDF and another document together for proofreading. But I don't know if it is available or adaptable to your purpose.
I wish you much luck. You are going to need it.
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Well, thanks, guys! ;-)
I thought (for about a minute) about replying to this post, but this line:
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Is there any open source tool available to do the above task perfectly or else we need it do manually?.
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currently we are developing an Epub application that convert a pdf to epub file.
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...convinced me not to. I mean, if you don't already know the answer to the question about whether or not the Magic Golden PDF comparison Tool doesn't exist, really, you got no bidness making no PDF-to-ePUB-making tools.
We all heard all the big buzz about "Silk" this past year, and how magical it all was, and, lo! All the "magic" is kept in-house. It's not a purchasable app or program or SAS; it's a SERVICE. That allegedly somehow makes creating PDF's into ePUBs "better" and more automated. Riiiiight. Y'know, if it really worked, without a bunch of underpaid laborers doing all the eyeballing, they'd be selling that sucker and people would be lined up for it.
This whole "how do I make a PDF into an ePUB" thing...honestly, it's getting on my last nerve, already this week, and it's only MONDAY. And a holiday, to boot!
I have a good client that sent me a series of files, to be compiled into a single book...about 30-ish. No problem, right? One of the "files" is 547 slides--yes, slides--in PPT. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN.
Y'know, I'd LOVE to hand this off to Mr. Markdown guy, on that other thread? And say, "here ya go. This allegedly exports in XML. Let's see how your idea works."
OISH.
Hitch
Grouchy Hitch, today.
REALLY grouchy Hitch, today.