Converting PDF to MOBI for Kindle Paperwhite.

Pinselstrich · 02-19-2022, 02:31 PM

Hello,

my pregnant wife is studying linguistics and I can't have her carrying all those heavy books and journals anymore. So I decided to buy her an ebook reader and am now using calibre to convert all the books and articles she has from University from PDF to MOBI format so she can change the text size etc if she likes.

For most of the files it works well, but there are some PDF where it correctly converts into MOBI text, but also has the PDF page. So it's the page from the original document and then the whole text from that PDF again but in the standard mobi format, then another original document page again and then the text again etcetc. It's not a big deal cause she can just skip a page once in a while but I'd like to know if there's maybe something I'm doing wrong when converting.

And before you ask, it is all 100% legal and actually encouraged by her digitalization department. They even asked whether they can get the files themselves afterwards (which is another reason why I'd like to do it correctly).

Regard,
Pinselstrich

Deskisamess · 02-19-2022, 03:28 PM

She'd be better using a larger tablet device to read PDFs.

Pinselstrich · 02-19-2022, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

She'd be better using a larger tablet device to read PDFs.

That may be, but doesn't solve the issue.

Is there any tool or program to remove pages from MOBI files? I'd even do it manually.

BetterRed · 02-19-2022, 07:22 PM

Read this before Posting PDF Questions

FWIW - I agree with @Deskisamess, there are dozens of e-reader apps for iOS and Android for EPUB and PDF formats. Some PDFs aren't worth the effort to convert. And converting the PDFs that are worth the effort to EPUB will allow you to do any 'tidy-up editing' them using the calibre or Sigil EPUB editors.

EPUB books can converted to a Kindle proprietary format easy enough.

BR

02-19-2022, 02:31 PM	#1
Pinselstrich Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: Paperwhite	Converting PDF to MOBI for Kindle Paperwhite. Hello, my pregnant wife is studying linguistics and I can't have her carrying all those heavy books and journals anymore. So I decided to buy her an ebook reader and am now using calibre to convert all the books and articles she has from University from PDF to MOBI format so she can change the text size etc if she likes. For most of the files it works well, but there are some PDF where it correctly converts into MOBI text, but also has the PDF page. So it's the page from the original document and then the whole text from that PDF again but in the standard mobi format, then another original document page again and then the text again etcetc. It's not a big deal cause she can just skip a page once in a while but I'd like to know if there's maybe something I'm doing wrong when converting. And before you ask, it is all 100% legal and actually encouraged by her digitalization department. They even asked whether they can get the files themselves afterwards (which is another reason why I'd like to do it correctly). Regard, Pinselstrich

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02-19-2022, 03:28 PM	#2
Deskisamess Wizard Posts: 2,750 Karma: 45300001 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ohio Device: iPhone 13 Pro, iPad mini, iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8", Scribe 2022	She'd be better using a larger tablet device to read PDFs.

02-19-2022, 07:22 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,677 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Read this before Posting PDF Questions FWIW - I agree with @Deskisamess, there are dozens of e-reader apps for iOS and Android for EPUB and PDF formats. Some PDFs aren't worth the effort to convert. And converting the PDFs that are worth the effort to EPUB will allow you to do any 'tidy-up editing' them using the calibre or Sigil EPUB editors. EPUB books can converted to a Kindle proprietary format easy enough. BR

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