PRS-300 Formatting PDF's for the PRS300

jatz · 01-12-2010, 04:50 PM

Hello,

I got my PRS300 a couple weeks ago, been reading some books from Gutenberg and other sources without issue, using Calibre to manage them. However, most PDFs, whether converted to LRF or epub or whathaveyou just don't look right, not properly justified. Often books are a whole line, then a bit of a line, then another comeplete line. It really makes it difficult to read.

Anyway, I was wondering if there's a tool I that could help me get them formatted properly, even if it has to be done by hand. Though the less tedious is better.

Bremen Cole · 01-12-2010, 05:01 PM

Have you tried just leaving them as PDF's? Your 300 can read PDF's, and sometimes a PDF converts weird..... Anyway, if you haven't already, try leaving them as PDF's and see how they look......

jatz · 01-12-2010, 05:20 PM

Well the issue with the book I'm trying to read now is that it's formatted fine in small, but it's too small to be comfortably read (wide empty margins) and zooming in creates the same problem.

Latinandgreek · 01-12-2010, 05:43 PM

You could try finding a program that lets you crop the pdf margins (I don't know of any free ones offhand, if anyone here does maybe they could mention them), if the margins are large it will help a lot. There are also programs such as sopfd and pdflrf that crop and chop pdf files to make them readable on Sony devices. Also, did you try reading in landscape mode?

also, you could maybe try converting your pdf files to rtf and directly loading the rtf files on your reader. here is a free site that does that

http://www.pdftoword.com/

if it is just text, you shouldn't have any problems.

chainring · 01-12-2010, 07:39 PM

Cropping margins, you say? soPDF does that nicely. Don't let the console application scare you, just look through the thread (page 5) for a nice GUI. Experiment with the settings and enjoy a margin free PDF.

xtine · 01-12-2010, 11:01 PM

Or if you're using a Mac, Preview can crop off margins as well

01-12-2010, 04:50 PM	#1
jatz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: PRS300	Formatting PDF's for the PRS300 Hello, I got my PRS300 a couple weeks ago, been reading some books from Gutenberg and other sources without issue, using Calibre to manage them. However, most PDFs, whether converted to LRF or epub or whathaveyou just don't look right, not properly justified. Often books are a whole line, then a bit of a line, then another comeplete line. It really makes it difficult to read. Anyway, I was wondering if there's a tool I that could help me get them formatted properly, even if it has to be done by hand. Though the less tedious is better.

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01-12-2010, 05:01 PM	#2
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	Have you tried just leaving them as PDF's? Your 300 can read PDF's, and sometimes a PDF converts weird..... Anyway, if you haven't already, try leaving them as PDF's and see how they look......

01-12-2010, 05:20 PM	#3
jatz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: PRS300	Well the issue with the book I'm trying to read now is that it's formatted fine in small, but it's too small to be comfortably read (wide empty margins) and zooming in creates the same problem.

01-12-2010, 05:43 PM	#4
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	You could try finding a program that lets you crop the pdf margins (I don't know of any free ones offhand, if anyone here does maybe they could mention them), if the margins are large it will help a lot. There are also programs such as sopfd and pdflrf that crop and chop pdf files to make them readable on Sony devices. Also, did you try reading in landscape mode? also, you could maybe try converting your pdf files to rtf and directly loading the rtf files on your reader. here is a free site that does that http://www.pdftoword.com/ if it is just text, you shouldn't have any problems.

01-12-2010, 07:39 PM	#5
chainring Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 1000659 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650 (black), Kindle 3G	Cropping margins, you say? soPDF does that nicely. Don't let the console application scare you, just look through the thread (page 5) for a nice GUI. Experiment with the settings and enjoy a margin free PDF.

01-12-2010, 11:01 PM	#6
xtine Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 1432252 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Or if you're using a Mac, Preview can crop off margins as well

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