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Originally Posted by dwig
I don't know exactly what you are looking for (PDF interiors ??), but the very few times I've needed an PDF of an ePub I've always had good usable results by opening the ePub in calibre's ebook-viewer app and using its print function. I generally select a page size around A5 and margins around 0.5-0.7". The resulting PDF has selectable text.
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The people that ask us for this aren't seeking a simple, "something-I-can-print-out" type PDF. They have some idea that we can "just push a button" and out pops a fully-laid-out, ready for print, print interior for a book. Obviously, that's not going to happen with Calibre. Nothing against it, but it's not designed to be an INDD (InDesign) replacement.
These are the same sort of folks that think that at the KDP, that 'other' prompt that says "do a paperback" means that they upload their MOBI file and a magical print interior is created for them, automagically, too.
Honestly, if you've ever seen the Abbott And Costello skit, "Niagara Falls," you know how I react these days when someone says to me, "can't you
just push a button and make me a PDF?"
The age of digital documents and so-called "desktop publishing" has significantly diminished the concept of value, when it comes to what it takes to make an ACTUAL print interior. (Or an ebook, for that matter.)
Hitch