Books containing "<code>"

maara · 05-16-2011, 05:19 AM

Hi all,

I am mostly reading a technical books containing graphs, screenshots and parts of a source code. Some of them are in pdf and I must say that reading a pdf on my kindle is really unpleasant experience.
I have been trying to convert these books to mobi using calibre and I tried all possible settings trying to get as good result as possible - which means - not to loose the source code formating... The problem I have is that I start to think that its nearly impossible :-(
Does anybody know how to get a good mobi from a technical pdf? Is it even possible? Anyone knows how to keep formating of <code> or <pre>-like parts of text when converting from the pdf?

Thanks for any help...

HarryT · 05-16-2011, 09:32 AM

PDF is a "terminal" format; it will rarely convert cleanly to another format, especially if the layout is complex. Using an OCR program is often the best choice.

maara · 05-16-2011, 09:35 AM

Thanks for replay..
Yes - the pdf is a piece of unconvertible and unformatted crap :-(
I tried ocr like ABBY but the result was not as good as I expected even the pdf was in great resolution and the text was clearly readable.
Is there any other good ocr?

HarryT · 05-16-2011, 02:39 PM

My only suggestion would be to approach the publisher and ask if the book is available in Mobi format rather than PDF.

05-16-2011, 05:19 AM	#1
maara Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle	Books containing "<code>" Hi all, I am mostly reading a technical books containing graphs, screenshots and parts of a source code. Some of them are in pdf and I must say that reading a pdf on my kindle is really unpleasant experience. I have been trying to convert these books to mobi using calibre and I tried all possible settings trying to get as good result as possible - which means - not to loose the source code formating... The problem I have is that I start to think that its nearly impossible :-( Does anybody know how to get a good mobi from a technical pdf? Is it even possible? Anyone knows how to keep formating of <code> or <pre>-like parts of text when converting from the pdf? Thanks for any help...

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05-16-2011, 09:32 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	PDF is a "terminal" format; it will rarely convert cleanly to another format, especially if the layout is complex. Using an OCR program is often the best choice.

05-16-2011, 09:35 AM	#3
maara Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for replay.. Yes - the pdf is a piece of unconvertible and unformatted crap :-( I tried ocr like ABBY but the result was not as good as I expected even the pdf was in great resolution and the text was clearly readable. Is there any other good ocr?

05-16-2011, 02:39 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	My only suggestion would be to approach the publisher and ask if the book is available in Mobi format rather than PDF.

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