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nrapallo · 01-08-2010, 08:05 PM

NOTHING complex converts properly from .pdf to non-pdf ebook format! Nothing, as I've found out while developing/maintaining PDFRead.

If the .pdf ebook was created from a Word (or similar) document, then Mobipocket Creator seems to be your best bet (and it's free), otherwise when dealing with just "images" of pages NOTHING works easily.

At best, an OCR solution "may" yield some results, but expect to do a lot of (re)formatting/correcting.

So that leaves "image" based solutions like PDFRead and PaperCrop (using the pi algorithm) to handle and preserve the look and feel of the page. This, however, only works well when your ebook device supports higher resolutions than 320x480 (EBW1150), 480x640 (REB1200) or even 1024x768 (iLiad v2). But to be honest as the resolution increases, there is NO need to convert the .pdf; just display it!

Basically, IMHO, 5", 6" or even 8" ebook devices cannot properly display .pdf ebooks without some type of zooming and/or panning.

Your best bet is to avoid .pdf ebooks, if you have just an EBW1150.

01-08-2010, 08:05 PM	#2
nrapallo GuteBook/Mobi2IMP Creator Posts: 2,958 Karma: 2530691 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: REB1200 EBW1150 Device: T1 NSTG iLiad_v2 NC Device: Asus_TF Next1 WPDN	NOTHING complex converts properly from .pdf to non-pdf ebook format! Nothing, as I've found out while developing/maintaining PDFRead. If the .pdf ebook was created from a Word (or similar) document, then Mobipocket Creator seems to be your best bet (and it's free), otherwise when dealing with just "images" of pages NOTHING works easily. At best, an OCR solution "may" yield some results, but expect to do a lot of (re)formatting/correcting. So that leaves "image" based solutions like PDFRead and PaperCrop (using the pi algorithm) to handle and preserve the look and feel of the page. This, however, only works well when your ebook device supports higher resolutions than 320x480 (EBW1150), 480x640 (REB1200) or even 1024x768 (iLiad v2). But to be honest as the resolution increases, there is NO need to convert the .pdf; just display it! Basically, IMHO, 5", 6" or even 8" ebook devices cannot properly display .pdf ebooks without some type of zooming and/or panning. Your best bet is to avoid .pdf ebooks, if you have just an EBW1150.