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Originally Posted by lutwey
basically every sentence is split on the middle. the first part that sits on top would go on til the middle then there be a huge blank space . the second part of the sentence would start as if its another paragraph. totally weird.
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It's not that weird, this happens often when you have a garbage source PDF that you are trying to convert to a reflowable format.
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Originally Posted by DannyBookworm
Well, using other formats as input is not a real solution...
But I will try the line-wrap facility, maybe it helps, thanks for the idea!
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There are many PDF files out there that are pure
evil garbage, created from ugly source files. Personally I avoid PDFs unless I'm going to read them as PDFs.
PDF is not a friendly format to convert because for the most part they are designed to fit a fixed size screen. When you try to convert it to a reflowable format bad things happen.
Other options:
1. Mobipocket Creator, (free) import the PDF and it will make a HTML file version available. Add the html to calibre and try converting again. Sometimes the html from this source works better sometimes it doesn't.
2. Adobe Acrobat, export as html or RTF and add that format to calibre and try again.
3. Buy (or pirate) your books in another format and convert that format to Mobi. Often you can go back to the store and download a different format of a book you already purchased from them.
4. If these were created by you then go to the original source and save/export in any format that is not PDF and convert that document.
5. Read PDF files in their native format and don't try to convert them.
Good Luck