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Shohreh · 04-19-2020, 10:34 AM

Hello,

Like everyone here, I tried using Calibre to convert a PDF to ePUB… with mixed results. It's mostly OK, but there are small issues every few pages.

"Heuristic Processing" and regexes didn't work to remove headers/footers and other unwanted parts.

I also tried a few online sites… with no better result.

Is Calibre the only open-source solution?

Is there any tool to turn PDF → HTML, to see if I could clean up the HTML myself before turning it into ePUB?

Thank you.

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Edit: I just read that an ePUB is actually a zip file with HTML, CSS, PNG etc. Renaming the extension from .epub to .zip is all that is required to check the files.

04-19-2020, 10:34 AM	#1
Shohreh Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 304158 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: France Device: none	[PDF → ePUB] Alternative to Calibre? Hello, Like everyone here, I tried using Calibre to convert a PDF to ePUB… with mixed results. It's mostly OK, but there are small issues every few pages. "Heuristic Processing" and regexes didn't work to remove headers/footers and other unwanted parts. I also tried a few online sites… with no better result. Is Calibre the only open-source solution? Is there any tool to turn PDF → HTML, to see if I could clean up the HTML myself before turning it into ePUB? Thank you. -- Edit: I just read that an ePUB is actually a zip file with HTML, CSS, PNG etc. Renaming the extension from .epub to .zip is all that is required to check the files. Last edited by Shohreh; 04-19-2020 at 11:11 AM.