First time user - a Calibre challenge

motionmountain · 01-28-2010, 09:24 PM

Triggered by several readers, I just tried to convert the 6th volume of my free Motion Mountain physics text (a 9 MB pdf, free download from www.motionmountain.net) with Calibre. But the result is disappointing. Is there a way to improve the result with simple tricks, or will this have to wait for some time?

MM

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2010, 09:42 PM

Its not going to convert well from PDF, probably ever.

rmm200 · 01-28-2010, 09:57 PM

Too bad Indesign does not include round trip from PDFs.

Use Adobe Acrobat to convert the PDF to RTF and get that the way you like it.

Much easier converting RTF to EPub. InDesign will do that.

Robert

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2010, 10:10 PM

InDesign wont be able to convert PDfs well either. Nothing can, that's the nature of PDF

colinsky · 01-28-2010, 10:14 PM

What was the source format from which you created the PDFs -- that's surely your best candidate for conversion?

motionmountain · 01-29-2010, 01:26 AM

The text of Motion Mountain is written in latex, and then coverted to dvi, then to pdf. So there is a latex (ascii) original, with the logical markup, but also with the formulas written in latex.

colinsky · 01-29-2010, 01:42 AM

Can you generate HTML from the latex source? That would be the best option to give Calibre.

Dave Berk · 01-29-2010, 05:26 AM

I got nothing constructive to add, just wanted to say that I'd love to have your text in ePub format!.

motionmountain · 01-29-2010, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

I got nothing constructive to add, just wanted to say that I'd love to have your text in ePub format!.

Thank you. But I think that we have to wait until a volunteer does it for the Motion Mountain textbook. The way to go seems to start with a latex to html conversion, and then a html to epub conversion. But I have no time to do that - this is a real project. Thank you all for the information.

MM

Sabardeyn · 01-29-2010, 05:21 PM

No direct or specific assistance... But I thought another topic on a similar subject reported excellent output. I think it was using Mathlab(?) but otherwise the same process - as I recall things. Should be recent >90 days old.

01-28-2010, 09:24 PM	#1
motionmountain Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 133 Join Date: Jan 2007	First time user - a Calibre challenge Triggered by several readers, I just tried to convert the 6th volume of my free Motion Mountain physics text (a 9 MB pdf, free download from www.motionmountain.net) with Calibre. But the result is disappointing. Is there a way to improve the result with simple tricks, or will this have to wait for some time? MM

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01-28-2010, 09:42 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Its not going to convert well from PDF, probably ever.

01-28-2010, 09:57 PM	#3
rmm200 Groupie Posts: 195 Karma: 414 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bend, OR Device: Sony PRS-600	Too bad Indesign does not include round trip from PDFs. Use Adobe Acrobat to convert the PDF to RTF and get that the way you like it. Much easier converting RTF to EPub. InDesign will do that. Robert

01-28-2010, 10:10 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	InDesign wont be able to convert PDfs well either. Nothing can, that's the nature of PDF

01-28-2010, 10:14 PM	#5
colinsky Addict Posts: 233 Karma: 3232318 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	What was the source format from which you created the PDFs -- that's surely your best candidate for conversion?

01-29-2010, 01:26 AM	#6
motionmountain Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 133 Join Date: Jan 2007	The text of Motion Mountain is written in latex, and then coverted to dvi, then to pdf. So there is a latex (ascii) original, with the logical markup, but also with the formulas written in latex.

01-29-2010, 01:42 AM	#7
colinsky Addict Posts: 233 Karma: 3232318 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	Can you generate HTML from the latex source? That would be the best option to give Calibre.

01-29-2010, 05:26 AM	#8
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	I got nothing constructive to add, just wanted to say that I'd love to have your text in ePub format!.

01-29-2010, 05:21 PM	#10
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	No direct or specific assistance... But I thought another topic on a similar subject reported excellent output. I think it was using Mathlab(?) but otherwise the same process - as I recall things. Should be recent >90 days old.

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