Best Way to Convert Bundles

Sydney's Mom · 05-20-2009, 01:51 PM

I have some bundles of books in PDF format (no DRM). I usually convert them for my kindle with mobicreator, because Calibre was not working right (kept page numbers and author name on every page). Hyphenation is kinda funky, but readable.

But I would like to break the books up, instead of converting the whole bundle as is (usually 6 books). I do not have Adobe professional. What would be the best was to break a PDF file into pieces, and then convert it for my kindle?

Thanks,
Debra

ilovejedd · 05-20-2009, 02:06 PM

pdftk can do this (split PDFs) I think. Alas, command-line only, I believe.

Sydney's Mom · 05-20-2009, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ilovejedd

pdftk can do this (split PDFs) I think. Alas, command-line only, I believe.

Sorry for my stupidity - what is pdftk?

Leep · 05-20-2009, 02:26 PM

CutePDF Professional (unlimited trial) software will allow you to delete or extract pages from any pdf. Friendly to use free software

cheers

Sydney's Mom · 05-20-2009, 02:43 PM

Thanks! I have that at work, and know how to use it.

Sydney's Mom · 05-21-2009, 10:44 AM

Well, it certainly is just me, but I won't be splitting up anymore bundles. It was too much work. I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste, so I ended up deleting exerything except the book I wanted, one at a time. It ended up taking most of the game. Of course, if I hadn't been drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade and the Cubs hadn't been dropping their second in a row to hated St. Louis, it probably would have gone better.

daffy4u · 05-21-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Well, it certainly is just me, but I won't be splitting up anymore bundles. It was too much work. I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste, so I ended up deleting exerything except the book I wanted, one at a time. It ended up taking most of the game. Of course, if I hadn't been drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade and the Cubs hadn't been dropping their second in a row to hated St. Louis, it probably would have gone better.

It would have been simpler just to print each book section to a new PDF. For instance, you have a 100 page pdf with 4 books. In CutePDF, click the print button and print pages 1-25 as a new CutePDF, then print pages 26-50, then 51-75 and 76-100. Re-name each new PDF with the name of the book and you're good to go.

Sydney's Mom · 05-21-2009, 10:52 AM

Of course. Thanks daffy. Amazing how much easier it is with coffee, compared with alcohol.

Jellby · 05-21-2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Sorry for my stupidity - what is pdftk?

It's just a little free program: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/

Elfwreck · 05-21-2009, 11:24 AM

Are they ebooks you can freely share? I wouldn't mind separating out individual books from a bundle & sending them back to you. (Wouldn't mind doing it fairly regularly as long as it's not constant. Splitting a big PDF into ~6 pieces wouldn't take me more than a couple of minutes.)

Another potential option is to convert them to HTML, either with one of the free programs that's available, or by gmailing it to yourself & opening it in Google's HTML view, and then splitting that into pieces. (Since I'm pretty much worthless at HTML, I'd wind up copy-pasting the entire contents into Word, and splitting from there.)

JSWolf · 05-21-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Well, it certainly is just me, but I won't be splitting up anymore bundles. It was too much work. I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste, so I ended up deleting exerything except the book I wanted, one at a time. It ended up taking most of the game. Of course, if I hadn't been drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade and the Cubs hadn't been dropping their second in a row to hated St. Louis, it probably would have gone better.

The Red Sox can take the Cubs with the farm team.

Sydney's Mom · 05-21-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The Red Sox can take the Cubs with the farm team.

Here is the first email I sent out today at work (to a Card's fan, a Red Sox fan and a Yankee's fan)

For Sale:

Large Cubs "W" Flag. Rarely used. Will trade for team loyalty.

I bought it last September. It looks like new.

Sydney's Mom · 05-21-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

Are they ebooks you can freely share? I wouldn't mind separating out individual books from a bundle & sending them back to you. (Wouldn't mind doing it fairly regularly as long as it's not constant. Splitting a big PDF into ~6 pieces wouldn't take me more than a couple of minutes.)

Another potential option is to convert them to HTML, either with one of the free programs that's available, or by gmailing it to yourself & opening it in Google's HTML view, and then splitting that into pieces. (Since I'm pretty much worthless at HTML, I'd wind up copy-pasting the entire contents into Word, and splitting from there.)

Thanks Elfwreck, but I am one of those people who has to do it myself. I married an electrical engineer, and I no longer get to do the electrical work around the house (I only started one small fire

).

raneeq · 06-11-2009, 11:04 PM

I know a good software to split one flie to many pdf files.
here is a tutorial to show you step by step. however it is not free. you can have a try at
http://www.anypdftools.com/tutorials...e-pdf.html#153

Hope it helps!

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05-20-2009, 01:51 PM	#1
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Best Way to Convert Bundles I have some bundles of books in PDF format (no DRM). I usually convert them for my kindle with mobicreator, because Calibre was not working right (kept page numbers and author name on every page). Hyphenation is kinda funky, but readable. But I would like to break the books up, instead of converting the whole bundle as is (usually 6 books). I do not have Adobe professional. What would be the best was to break a PDF file into pieces, and then convert it for my kindle? Thanks, Debra

05-20-2009, 02:06 PM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	pdftk can do this (split PDFs) I think. Alas, command-line only, I believe.

05-20-2009, 02:26 PM	#4
Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	CutePDF Professional (unlimited trial) software will allow you to delete or extract pages from any pdf. Friendly to use free software cheers

05-20-2009, 02:43 PM	#5
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Thanks! I have that at work, and know how to use it.

05-21-2009, 10:44 AM	#6
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Well, it certainly is just me, but I won't be splitting up anymore bundles. It was too much work. I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste, so I ended up deleting exerything except the book I wanted, one at a time. It ended up taking most of the game. Of course, if I hadn't been drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade and the Cubs hadn't been dropping their second in a row to hated St. Louis, it probably would have gone better.

05-21-2009, 10:52 AM	#8
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Of course. Thanks daffy. Amazing how much easier it is with coffee, compared with alcohol.

05-21-2009, 11:24 AM	#10
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,185 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Are they ebooks you can freely share? I wouldn't mind separating out individual books from a bundle & sending them back to you. (Wouldn't mind doing it fairly regularly as long as it's not constant. Splitting a big PDF into ~6 pieces wouldn't take me more than a couple of minutes.) Another potential option is to convert them to HTML, either with one of the free programs that's available, or by gmailing it to yourself & opening it in Google's HTML view, and then splitting that into pieces. (Since I'm pretty much worthless at HTML, I'd wind up copy-pasting the entire contents into Word, and splitting from there.)

06-11-2009, 11:04 PM	#14
raneeq Banned Posts: 8 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2009 Device: none	I know a good software to split one flie to many pdf files. here is a tutorial to show you step by step. however it is not free. you can have a try at http://www.anypdftools.com/tutorials...e-pdf.html#153 Hope it helps!