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jakimo · 04-18-2010, 11:15 AM

I have rather large out of print volumes that don't convert to text well, as the English is quite old and the formatting is odd to today's standards.

I found the volumes completely scanned into PDF via Archive.org, but their own conversion to EPUB and text is terrible - it just doesn't work.

I used GR via the iPad to view them, just blank. I then searched the FAQ of GR and found that some photo formats (JPEG2000 for instance) do not show on the iPad at this time. So I had to open these files and RESAVE these with Preview (native Mac viewing program) to become Mac friendly. The file sizes ended up HUGE, but that's not a big deal to me.

What kills me is the GR reader, I much prefer iBook if it's possible - each page being flipped and a choice between portrait with great presentation or landscape with two pages facing me.

Is there a way to convert these scanned pages into ePub without converting them (sloppily) into text first? Can ePub handle that each page would be a literal scan of an old library book?

Thanks for any help!!

Jacques

04-18-2010, 11:15 AM	#12
jakimo Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: NYC Device: iPad	I have rather large out of print volumes that don't convert to text well, as the English is quite old and the formatting is odd to today's standards. I found the volumes completely scanned into PDF via Archive.org, but their own conversion to EPUB and text is terrible - it just doesn't work. I used GR via the iPad to view them, just blank. I then searched the FAQ of GR and found that some photo formats (JPEG2000 for instance) do not show on the iPad at this time. So I had to open these files and RESAVE these with Preview (native Mac viewing program) to become Mac friendly. The file sizes ended up HUGE, but that's not a big deal to me. What kills me is the GR reader, I much prefer iBook if it's possible - each page being flipped and a choice between portrait with great presentation or landscape with two pages facing me. Is there a way to convert these scanned pages into ePub without converting them (sloppily) into text first? Can ePub handle that each page would be a literal scan of an old library book? Thanks for any help!! Jacques