05-23-2014, 04:12 PM
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PDF to MOBI books missing most pages
When I convert a PDF boiok to mobi, when I transfer it to the kindle touch, I only have the cover and index pages, maybe 5 or 6 total. The PC shows all the pages. Is there some reason the book will not transfer completely?
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05-23-2014, 06:02 PM
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Could it possibly have to do with this? Read this before Posting PDF Questions
On the PC, is it the PDF which shows all the pages, or the converted mobi when viewed in Kindle4PC/calibre ebook viewer/other mobi reader? |
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05-23-2014, 08:35 PM
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I looked over the PDF FAQ and while it says almost anything can go worng, none of the examples were related. The document looks ok in Calbari, meaning that it contains all pages and they looked fine. The pages that transferred to the Kindle touch looked fine, only I only had the cover, and about 6 pages after, then it would jump back to the cover. The total page count was over 250. I will try to copy the PDF direct to the Kindle, but I doubt it will be useable without proper formatting for the small screen. Most of what I want on the Kindle are technical books that I have in PDF format. If I don't get those to work the Kindle will be useless to me. I will go back to using a droid tablet, or my ipad and read the PDF there. The page can be stretched with finger control to suit my needs.
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05-24-2014, 03:47 AM
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Experience shows that technical books/documents in PDF format rarely convert well.
If the content is straight text as is commonly the case with novels then the results are normally acceptable. Documents with more layout complexity as is typical with technical documents tend to convert badly. |
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05-25-2014, 12:24 AM
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k2pdfopt can resize/optimize your pdfs for an ereader screen.
koreader is a hack that runs on the kindle to do the same thing. Either one will probably fare much better than converting a complex pdf. But your mileage may (still) vary. Last edited by eschwartz; 05-25-2014 at 12:27 AM. |
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