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Old 06-13-2012, 06:39 AM   #16
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Are you really charging someone an hourly rate for work you don't know how to do yet?
I'm going to be sick.

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Old 06-13-2012, 10:27 AM   #17
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Are you really charging someone an hourly rate for work you don't know how to do yet?
Actually, I think he meant 100 pages at 20 pages/hr to style them = 5 hrs work.

Or so I hope.
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Old 06-13-2012, 10:46 AM   #18
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So how do I get a job doing something I have no clue about what I am doing and get paid and exorbitant amount for it as well?

However, if your client/customer would like to pay someone who does know what he is doing, I'd be happy to take on this PDF > ePub conversion. I know it will take longer then 5 hours as in order to do it correctly, a full (100%) A/B comparison of the PDF > the resulting ePub conversion has to be done so no conversion errors slip in. Generally, the styling isn't that difficult once you know the text is good.
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Old 06-13-2012, 10:51 AM   #19
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Try an applications called Jutoh - www.jutoh.com. No HTML knowledge required.

Its not free, but you can get a trial which allows you to create about 20 books. Very simple to use & has a built in word processor where you can change fonts, styles etc.
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Try an applications called Jutoh - www.jutoh.com. No HTML knowledge required.

Its not free, but you can get a trial which allows you to create about 20 books. Very simple to use & has a built in word processor where you can change fonts, styles etc.
Which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with converting from PDF.

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Here is how to convert a PDF to ePub.

1. Use Calibre to convert the PDF to ePub.
2. Use Sigil to edit the resulting ePub.
3. A/B compare the PDF to the ePub (every letter, every space, every punctuation, everything)
4. Edit the ePub to fix the errors.
5. Edit the ePub to fix the formatting.
6. Done!

To do this right takes a lot of work.
The OP has not acknowledged any of this yet. This is what it takes to convert a PDF > ePub. It's going to be more then just 5 hours applying styles. Also, given that the OP doesn't really know what he is doing, it may take more then 5 hours just applying styles not including the A/B comparing that must be done to do this correctly.
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