Microsoft Press PDF's to Epub

baron164 · 01-05-2011, 01:24 PM

I've been trying to convert some PDF's of Microsoft Press Books into a Epub format for my Nook Color. I can't bookmarks and take notes from pdf's. However when I convert the files all the formatting just falls apart and it's unbearable. I was wondering if anyone had any success in converting large technical books into epubs using Calibre? And if so how were they able to do it?

user_none · 01-05-2011, 01:53 PM

Due to the nature of PDFs, large, complex, technical PDFs wont convert well in calibre or any other program. You can play with the PDF input options a bit (they are highly per book so there is no one size fits all checkbox) to try and get better output. Otherwise I would try to find these PDF books some place in a better format.

01-05-2011, 01:24 PM	#1
baron164 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook Color	Microsoft Press PDF's to Epub I've been trying to convert some PDF's of Microsoft Press Books into a Epub format for my Nook Color. I can't bookmarks and take notes from pdf's. However when I convert the files all the formatting just falls apart and it's unbearable. I was wondering if anyone had any success in converting large technical books into epubs using Calibre? And if so how were they able to do it?

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01-05-2011, 01:53 PM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Due to the nature of PDFs, large, complex, technical PDFs wont convert well in calibre or any other program. You can play with the PDF input options a bit (they are highly per book so there is no one size fits all checkbox) to try and get better output. Otherwise I would try to find these PDF books some place in a better format.

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