12-21-2021, 11:52 PM | #1 |
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Converting catalog of EPUBs to PDF - becomes huge
For 'workflow' reasons, I would like to convert my catalog to PDF (for transfer to an app on my iPad). The problem is that when I convert a mid-sized catalog (< 3000 books) in EPUB format to PDF format, it results in a massive file. The EPUB catalog is 24MB whereas the PDF is 580MB.
I'm pretty sure that it's not to do with the covers in the description field -- I tried a catalog without covers and the EPUB version fell below 1MB but the PDF was still several 100 MBs in size. Any ideas? Thanks... |
12-22-2021, 12:00 AM | #2 |
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Does this size inflation happen only with catalog epubsconverted to pdf or with any epub on your machine?
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12-22-2021, 01:09 AM | #3 | |
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EPUB: 0.71MB PDF: 3.70MB EPUB: 6.85MB PDF: 19.27MB EPUB: 3.11MB PDF 22.22MB EPUB: 67.30MB PDF: 195.76MB That's getting high ... lots of graphics in that one. But the EPUB starts high also. |
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12-22-2021, 02:55 AM | #4 |
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That looks like some kind of font blowup. Lots of copies of the same glyphs would be my guess. what OS and what version of calibre?
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12-22-2021, 08:07 AM | #6 |
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OK, I used a 'standard' system font (Calibri) this time, and size was much better:
EPUB = 24.01MB PDF = 62.97 MB So the issue does seem to be font-related. I won't pretend I understand the meaning of "lots of copies of the same glyphs", but I will stick to Calibri from now on. Thanks for the help. |
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