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Patricia · 10-28-2008, 07:38 AM

Harry is correct, alas.

Some PDFs need a lot of editing.

But you also mention mobi to text conversions: if it is merely the usual problem with hard carriage breaks at the end of every line (leading to line breaks in strange places) then inserting the text file into Word and running Stingo's macro can work really well.
You can find it here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793

Also people speak very highly of =X='s Book Creator tool:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28313

And on a Mac, I am told that you can use textmate.

10-28-2008, 07:38 AM	#5
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Harry is correct, alas. Some PDFs need a lot of editing. But you also mention mobi to text conversions: if it is merely the usual problem with hard carriage breaks at the end of every line (leading to line breaks in strange places) then inserting the text file into Word and running Stingo's macro can work really well. You can find it here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793 Also people speak very highly of =X='s Book Creator tool: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28313 And on a Mac, I am told that you can use textmate.