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cow · 03-09-2022, 01:32 PM

I can't seem to edit my post, I wanted to update before anyone here spent time replying.

I may have found a way to pull this off. I found a utility on Linux called "pdf2htmlex" and got a brilliant, near-perfect HTML conversion out of it. Maybe this can help someone else in the future.

I am now converting the HTML to EPUB in Calibre to see if that works better (I assume it should). I will post again with screenshots again once it finishes and report back - taking a very long time.

This is how the HTML conversion came out with pdf2htmlex:

03-09-2022, 01:32 PM	#2
cow Just a Cow Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Pasture Device: Kobo Sage	I can't seem to edit my post, I wanted to update before anyone here spent time replying. I may have found a way to pull this off. I found a utility on Linux called "pdf2htmlex" and got a brilliant, near-perfect HTML conversion out of it. Maybe this can help someone else in the future. I am now converting the HTML to EPUB in Calibre to see if that works better (I assume it should). I will post again with screenshots again once it finishes and report back - taking a very long time. This is how the HTML conversion came out with pdf2htmlex: Last edited by BetterRed; 03-09-2022 at 03:32 PM. Reason: image too big - thumbnailed