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AnemicOak · 06-01-2010, 10:48 AM

You'll find all kinds of varying techniques that folks use, but here's what I do (provided they aren't DRM'd PDFs)...

1 - Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro and export as HTML.
2 - Open the HTML in Sigil and do any editing, creating an ePub file.
3 - Convert ePub file to Mobi using Calibre.
4 - Transfer to Kindle via USB.

This varies sometimes. For instance sometimes the file looks pretty messed up in Sigil so I use Calibre to convert the HTML to ePub then edit the ePub in Sigil.

For a couple really simple methods you can try (sometimes things come out great, sometimes not so much). Download Mobipocket Creator (free) and use that to convert the PDF to Mobi/prc or use Calibre to convert PDF directly to Mobi.

You can also use Mobi Creator to get HTML from a PDF, I'm sure there are other free programs that'll give you HTML from PDF too. Don't use Acrobat Reader to export as you can only get plain text that way and will lose things like italics.

06-01-2010, 10:48 AM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	You'll find all kinds of varying techniques that folks use, but here's what I do (provided they aren't DRM'd PDFs)... 1 - Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro and export as HTML. 2 - Open the HTML in Sigil and do any editing, creating an ePub file. 3 - Convert ePub file to Mobi using Calibre. 4 - Transfer to Kindle via USB. This varies sometimes. For instance sometimes the file looks pretty messed up in Sigil so I use Calibre to convert the HTML to ePub then edit the ePub in Sigil. For a couple really simple methods you can try (sometimes things come out great, sometimes not so much). Download Mobipocket Creator (free) and use that to convert the PDF to Mobi/prc or use Calibre to convert PDF directly to Mobi. You can also use Mobi Creator to get HTML from a PDF, I'm sure there are other free programs that'll give you HTML from PDF too. Don't use Acrobat Reader to export as you can only get plain text that way and will lose things like italics. Last edited by AnemicOak; 06-01-2010 at 11:25 AM.