need help converting .pdf to other formats

mgrunk · 11-10-2010, 08:08 PM

I have a customer (as in I really don't get paid, but I'm trying to help her out w/ her magazine). She produces via Adobe InDesign a very beautiful magazine w/ lots of graphics. The original print format is about 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 (half of a 8 1/2 X 11) long ways.

I'm trying to help her bring the magazine to book readers. What she's sending me is a beautiful .pdf but when I run it through calibre's converter, it's not preserving any of that format.

So, I wondered if you had suggestions as to a format she might save it in or what specifications she'd use in InDesign so that I could use calibre to output to the various book reader formats.

Sorry if this is not the right place for the question or it's too basic.

desertgrandma · 11-10-2010, 08:10 PM

Have you tried mobipocket creator professional?

Its free......Not sure if it would suit your purpose, but its worth a try.

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloa...ilscreator.asp

itimpi · 11-10-2010, 08:19 PM

PDF is notoriously difficult to convert to any other format with good results. Almost any other format would be better. Good options would be HTML or ePub as these are easy to convert to other formats (if required) with good results.

11-10-2010, 08:08 PM	#1
mgrunk Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: metro Atlanta, GA Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	need help converting .pdf to other formats I have a customer (as in I really don't get paid, but I'm trying to help her out w/ her magazine). She produces via Adobe InDesign a very beautiful magazine w/ lots of graphics. The original print format is about 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 (half of a 8 1/2 X 11) long ways. I'm trying to help her bring the magazine to book readers. What she's sending me is a beautiful .pdf but when I run it through calibre's converter, it's not preserving any of that format. So, I wondered if you had suggestions as to a format she might save it in or what specifications she'd use in InDesign so that I could use calibre to output to the various book reader formats. Sorry if this is not the right place for the question or it's too basic.

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11-10-2010, 08:10 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Have you tried mobipocket creator professional? Its free......Not sure if it would suit your purpose, but its worth a try. http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloa...ilscreator.asp

11-10-2010, 08:19 PM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	PDF is notoriously difficult to convert to any other format with good results. Almost any other format would be better. Good options would be HTML or ePub as these are easy to convert to other formats (if required) with good results.

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