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NASCARaddicted · 05-06-2009, 02:55 AM

I found a small workaround with the cover problem. I still need to do some more testing, but at least it helped me on some books. It may be tedious, but it also helped me with 3 other problems: mirrored images, spelling errors and bad formatting

At first I convert the pdf file to a html file (I use a programm called Mobipocket Creator - don't worry about advertising, Calibre is still better - feel free to edit the name out if you want). So after the conversion I have a html file and the cover (if there is one) in png format (and several other files). Well, I had a pdf ebook, with a big spelling error that was very obvious right in the Index. Also it was formatted wrong. Right in the middle of the sentence, there was a paragraph. (and that was still before the convertion). And after converting it to mobi, the front image was mirrored. So I edited the html file - I removed the spelling and the wrong paragraph. Also I removed the html command where it wants to show the image (something like <imgsrc="coverimage.png"/> - if you don't do that, you will have the symbol of a missing image in the final ebook)

So now I import the book in html format into Calibre. When I convert it, I tell Calibre to remove the first image and then I used the png image that I got by converting from pdf to html. After the convertion, it looks really fine.

And I just found out: if you don't have or don't want a cover image, it may be even easier, without the html stuff. I created myself a small image, just 10x10 pixels, completely in white. So during the convertion I tell Calibre to use this small image. After the convertion, the first page is all white, and the 2nd page looks fine. Of course, you can also use the matching cover image if you can find it on the internet, or if you scan it on your own. (but personally, I think editing the html file is worth the work - some pdf files are really badly formatted)

05-06-2009, 02:55 AM	#7
NASCARaddicted Addict Posts: 340 Karma: 43106 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Germany Device: BeBook One, Pocketbook Touch, Pocketbook Touch HD	I found a small workaround with the cover problem. I still need to do some more testing, but at least it helped me on some books. It may be tedious, but it also helped me with 3 other problems: mirrored images, spelling errors and bad formatting At first I convert the pdf file to a html file (I use a programm called Mobipocket Creator - don't worry about advertising, Calibre is still better - feel free to edit the name out if you want). So after the conversion I have a html file and the cover (if there is one) in png format (and several other files). Well, I had a pdf ebook, with a big spelling error that was very obvious right in the Index. Also it was formatted wrong. Right in the middle of the sentence, there was a paragraph. (and that was still before the convertion). And after converting it to mobi, the front image was mirrored. So I edited the html file - I removed the spelling and the wrong paragraph. Also I removed the html command where it wants to show the image (something like <imgsrc="coverimage.png"/> - if you don't do that, you will have the symbol of a missing image in the final ebook) So now I import the book in html format into Calibre. When I convert it, I tell Calibre to remove the first image and then I used the png image that I got by converting from pdf to html. After the convertion, it looks really fine. And I just found out: if you don't have or don't want a cover image, it may be even easier, without the html stuff. I created myself a small image, just 10x10 pixels, completely in white. So during the convertion I tell Calibre to use this small image. After the convertion, the first page is all white, and the 2nd page looks fine. Of course, you can also use the matching cover image if you can find it on the internet, or if you scan it on your own. (but personally, I think editing the html file is worth the work - some pdf files are really badly formatted)