Weird line spacing - PDF to ePub conversion in Calibre

toothsome · 08-03-2014, 11:03 AM

Please forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere; I've searched but haven't been able to find the answer.

I have a Kobo Aura and have been using it to convert PDFs of books to ePub format. The result is quite readable on my Aura but it's almost like the text is double-spaced; there's a whole blank line between sentences, and sentences are broken up, so they never take up more than a line and a half, with an entire blank line between each. It's like reading my nonfiction PDFs in blank verse format! I have converted about ten PDFs and this is true for all of them. When I read books from the Kobo store, they display normally.

Is there a setting in Calibre I can change, or a plug-in, or something else I can do? I have to turn the page so frequently.

eschwartz · 08-03-2014, 11:42 AM

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tl;dr
Not much. PDF is a horrible format to convert from, but there are a few things you can try.

toothsome · 08-03-2014, 12:05 PM

Ah! Thanks. If it can't be improved, that's okay, but I'm glad to have this link anyway. Quite useful.

08-03-2014, 11:03 AM	#1
toothsome Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kobo Aura (hopefully?)	Weird line spacing - PDF to ePub conversion in Calibre Please forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere; I've searched but haven't been able to find the answer. I have a Kobo Aura and have been using it to convert PDFs of books to ePub format. The result is quite readable on my Aura but it's almost like the text is double-spaced; there's a whole blank line between sentences, and sentences are broken up, so they never take up more than a line and a half, with an entire blank line between each. It's like reading my nonfiction PDFs in blank verse format! I have converted about ten PDFs and this is true for all of them. When I read books from the Kobo store, they display normally. Is there a setting in Calibre I can change, or a plug-in, or something else I can do? I have to turn the page so frequently.

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08-03-2014, 11:42 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Sticky: Read this before Posting PDF Questions tl;dr Not much. PDF is a horrible format to convert from, but there are a few things you can try.

08-03-2014, 12:05 PM	#3
toothsome Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kobo Aura (hopefully?)	Ah! Thanks. If it can't be improved, that's okay, but I'm glad to have this link anyway. Quite useful.

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