Send to Kindle new converting errors

Incandenza · 02-16-2018, 05:05 PM

Simply put, I'm noticing that documents recently created from PDF files have a lot of mistakes. One of them had a lot of spaces between words removed, specially after apostrophes, and huge gaps between words on some paragraphs (we are speaking of half-line gaps, making these paragraphs seem like they were badly ragged-right). Another one had some letters from words removed (e.g., 'first' sometimes appeared as 'rst', and I saw once 'reflect' appearing as 're ect'). Both of them had spaces inside some words (e.g. 'significant' appeared once or twice as 'signi ficant'). The same files were flawlessly converted before.

Is someone here facing these issues? What the hell happened with Amazon?

JSWolf · 02-16-2018, 08:49 PM

PDF is a terrible format to convert from. It won;t convert without errors. So don't even bother.

GlenBarrington · 02-18-2018, 07:58 AM

If you have to convert a PDF, regardless of the problems, wouldn't it be better to download one of those Convert PDF to text programs for either MS Office or LibreOffice and do a quick errors scan before uploading?

As a mostly fiction reader, I don't read hardly any PDF sourced documents. But If I did, I think I'd prefer to have the method that offers me the most control over the conversion, than a "One size fits all' method.

HarryT · 02-18-2018, 08:35 AM

A decent OCR program, such as Abbyy FineReader, is generally the best way to convert a PDF.

When you say "The same files were flawlessly converted before", presumably that wasn't when you were converting from PDF to some other format, was it? PDF is a "terminal format", which is to say you can convert to PDF, but you cannot convert from PDF without a great deal of effort cleaning up the resulting text.

02-16-2018, 05:05 PM	#1
Incandenza Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2017 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Send to Kindle new converting errors Simply put, I'm noticing that documents recently created from PDF files have a lot of mistakes. One of them had a lot of spaces between words removed, specially after apostrophes, and huge gaps between words on some paragraphs (we are speaking of half-line gaps, making these paragraphs seem like they were badly ragged-right). Another one had some letters from words removed (e.g., 'first' sometimes appeared as 'rst', and I saw once 'reflect' appearing as 're ect'). Both of them had spaces inside some words (e.g. 'significant' appeared once or twice as 'signi ficant'). The same files were flawlessly converted before. Is someone here facing these issues? What the hell happened with Amazon?

02-18-2018, 08:35 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	A decent OCR program, such as Abbyy FineReader, is generally the best way to convert a PDF. When you say "The same files were flawlessly converted before", presumably that wasn't when you were converting from PDF to some other format, was it? PDF is a "terminal format", which is to say you can convert to PDF, but you cannot convert from PDF without a great deal of effort cleaning up the resulting text. Last edited by HarryT; 02-18-2018 at 08:45 AM.

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02-16-2018, 08:49 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	PDF is a terrible format to convert from. It won;t convert without errors. So don't even bother.

02-18-2018, 07:58 AM	#3
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	If you have to convert a PDF, regardless of the problems, wouldn't it be better to download one of those Convert PDF to text programs for either MS Office or LibreOffice and do a quick errors scan before uploading? As a mostly fiction reader, I don't read hardly any PDF sourced documents. But If I did, I think I'd prefer to have the method that offers me the most control over the conversion, than a "One size fits all' method.

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