Help with Calibre

[Bocha]

Hi there
Looking for assistance/tips regarding e-book conversion:
- running Calibre 0.7.23 on MacBook Pro; device > iPad + iBooks
- attempted to convert a number of pdf's to epub format ( preferences set accordingly > input=pdf, output=epub; device=iPad
- while some pdf books/articles were converted right, others :

> lost images
> a 250 pages book became over 1000 pages
> table of content displayed one page per item
> footer/header scrambled with text
> forcing table of contents generates lots of pages, one line per page
> maths formulas converted to text, one character per line

To cut it short :

- how to tell which pdf can or cannot be converted to epub?
- what preferences setting to use for input=pdf, output=epub for iBooks , iPad, MacBook Pro running OS 10.5.8?

Many thanks

[jackie_w]

Do you actually need to convert PDFs at all with an iPad? I would have thought the screen was big enough to read them as PDFs with a decent PDF reading app.

I must say that I have never used an iPad myself but I think others have recommended the GoodReader app.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Do you actually need to convert PDFs at all with an iPad? I would have thought the screen was big enough to read them as PDFs with a decent PDF reading app.

I must say that I have never used an iPad myself but I think others have recommended the GoodReader app.

I second this!

Ipad owners need to stop the insanity of trying to convert PDFs and take advantage of the fact that their reader is one of the few built to handle PDFs well.