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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
JSWolf wrote the following as part of a post:
The ebooks I make are just for myself and my ereader. Due to this I haven't worried about reflowing, I just make sure it looks good on my e-reader.
I use LibreOffice to make my PDFs and I set the page size so it is the same as screen of my e-reader (3.5 inches by 4.75 inches with 0.1 inch margins). That way when I set it to page view I can see exactly what it will look like on my e-reader. Plus, it doesn't have the page numbering issue that EPUB has where a "page" might be three or four screens on my e-reader.
I use PDF because it's easy to generate an ebook in the format. I just create an OpenDocument Text Document, format it, and then click on Export Directly as PDF. Although it does require me to reformat my ebooks, it isn't too much of a pain.
I've tried using Calibre to convert an ebook to EPUB but I wasn't pleased with the results. However, I'm going to check to see what formats work best with Calibre as a source file that will be converted into an EPUB. It could be that I've chosen a format that Calibre has trouble converting properly into an EPUB. I wouldn't mind if something as basic as an RTF file would make a good source for an EPUB as long as it converts properly.
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DocX makes a good source as long as you've used styles. Without styles, you can end up with a mess.