Thread: Specific problem converting pdf to mobi
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Old 02-01-2016, 01:57 AM   #6
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Really? I could swear that I've seen folks around here saying to convert PDF to ePUB (or...?) with the big C. No? Sorry, then, jimdays, I didn't mean to lead you astray, I really didn't.
Nope. calibre will use the OCR layer if something else put one there, but I personally regard this as a horrible move.

I mean, converting in calibre is better than nothing, and there are some tools to help extract the right text (and do line unwrapping)... but at the end of the day, you probably want professional software. IIRC, ABBYY can actually export a (relatively) good EPUB/HTML/DOCX -- no idea what is best, but lots nicer than PDF as a conversion source.
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