new in calibre

lambrecht · 01-28-2018, 12:09 PM

I've read the pages about problems with pdf - so maybe I cannot use this tool at all
my book is 104 pages and square 19,5 cm - but no matter how I try to convert to ePub - I get 124 pages in a mess
I want excately the same as my pdf-book - is that not possible?

Sirtel · 01-28-2018, 01:07 PM

Afraid not, unless you're willing to go over the result line by line and edit manually.

dwig · 01-28-2018, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lambrecht

I've read the pages about problems with pdf - so maybe I cannot use this tool at all
my book is 104 pages and square 19,5 cm - but no matter how I try to convert to ePub - I get 124 pages in a mess
I want excately the same as my pdf-book - is that not possible?

Not possible.

"Normal" ePubs are reflowable and do not have "pages" so it is impossible to replicate a PDF, which is a fixed layout page-based format, in a normal ePub. There are fixed-layout ePubs, but they are difficult to build and not supported well by most reading software.

The second problem is the PDF is an extremely poor source for conversion to any other format. Conversion is much like trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together after his fall. If you have the original source file that was used to create the PDF, it would be a vastly better source for conversion.

deback · 01-28-2018, 08:40 PM

I've been able to successfully convert some PDFs to EPUB. Someone recently posted that enabling Heuristic processing (in Common Options) and checking the Unwrap Lines box will help to keep the paragraphs together. I tried this, and it helped immensely to do that. Then you can use Regex to connect any other paragraphs that are broken.

PDFs with two pages, side by side, will not convert, though, as far as I know, but single-page PDFs (those that are not raw scans) should convert okay, but there will be some manual editing required.

Tarana · 01-28-2018, 11:45 PM

If you want to convert pdf files to epub, I would suggest buying ABBYY Transformer. It's about $40 and does quite a good job. Follow that up with either Sigil or the editing program in Calibre to fix any spelling errors, and you are set.

I don't know if ABBYY Transformer will do side by side columns. I only convert novels.

BetterRed · 01-29-2018, 04:46 AM

@deback - if by "two pages side-by-side" you mean 2 column layout, this might help ==> k2pdfopt: optimizes PDFs for viewing on e-readers - it's probably worth a look anyway.

BR

lambrecht · 01-30-2018, 12:08 PM

thank you all for the replies. Guess I will have to just keep it in pdf

01-28-2018, 12:09 PM	#1
lambrecht Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: ePub	new in calibre I've read the pages about problems with pdf - so maybe I cannot use this tool at all my book is 104 pages and square 19,5 cm - but no matter how I try to convert to ePub - I get 124 pages in a mess I want excately the same as my pdf-book - is that not possible?

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01-28-2018, 01:07 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,128 Karma: 224760044 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Afraid not, unless you're willing to go over the result line by line and edit manually.

01-28-2018, 08:40 PM	#4
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	I've been able to successfully convert some PDFs to EPUB. Someone recently posted that enabling Heuristic processing (in Common Options) and checking the Unwrap Lines box will help to keep the paragraphs together. I tried this, and it helped immensely to do that. Then you can use Regex to connect any other paragraphs that are broken. PDFs with two pages, side by side, will not convert, though, as far as I know, but single-page PDFs (those that are not raw scans) should convert okay, but there will be some manual editing required.

01-28-2018, 11:45 PM	#5
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,978 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	If you want to convert pdf files to epub, I would suggest buying ABBYY Transformer. It's about $40 and does quite a good job. Follow that up with either Sigil or the editing program in Calibre to fix any spelling errors, and you are set. I don't know if ABBYY Transformer will do side by side columns. I only convert novels.

01-29-2018, 04:46 AM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,568 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@deback - if by "two pages side-by-side" you mean 2 column layout, this might help ==> k2pdfopt: optimizes PDFs for viewing on e-readers - it's probably worth a look anyway. BR

01-30-2018, 12:08 PM	#7
lambrecht Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: ePub	thank you all for the replies. Guess I will have to just keep it in pdf

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