Kindle (AZW3) to PDF. Medical Textbook won't convert

SLM914 · 01-04-2015, 07:10 PM

Hi all,

One of my professor's in medical school sent us all a Kindle format book that she wrote to use as our text for the year. Our whole class uses GoodNotes and a shared google drive to do annotations and this is the first text they gave usthat wasn't in PDF format. The professor told us we can convert it to PDF format but no one knows how.

I've tried using different options in Calibre but each time the text either appears too small or too big or totally messed up.

The book has lots of images and different color and size font which wed like to preserve. Is this possible? It seems everything I do removes the pictures or normalizes the font size, margin spaces etc. I just want an exact replica of the book.

Edit: sorry maybe its AZW4 I'm not sure. I'll check on that

eschwartz · 01-05-2015, 03:07 AM

If it is an AZW4 (Print Replica) then try using KindleUnpack (or the calibre plugin version linked in that thread) to extract the PDF.

Print Replica is an actual PDF wrapped in a mobipocket database wrapper. It is common for textbooks to be in Print Replica format, so that may very well be the case here.

01-04-2015, 07:10 PM	#1
SLM914 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: none	Kindle (AZW3) to PDF. Medical Textbook won't convert Hi all, One of my professor's in medical school sent us all a Kindle format book that she wrote to use as our text for the year. Our whole class uses GoodNotes and a shared google drive to do annotations and this is the first text they gave usthat wasn't in PDF format. The professor told us we can convert it to PDF format but no one knows how. I've tried using different options in Calibre but each time the text either appears too small or too big or totally messed up. The book has lots of images and different color and size font which wed like to preserve. Is this possible? It seems everything I do removes the pictures or normalizes the font size, margin spaces etc. I just want an exact replica of the book. Edit: sorry maybe its AZW4 I'm not sure. I'll check on that Last edited by SLM914; 01-04-2015 at 07:14 PM.

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01-05-2015, 03:07 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If it is an AZW4 (Print Replica) then try using KindleUnpack (or the calibre plugin version linked in that thread) to extract the PDF. Print Replica is an actual PDF wrapped in a mobipocket database wrapper. It is common for textbooks to be in Print Replica format, so that may very well be the case here.

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