books with a two columns style

yuxi_kelly · 01-11-2011, 12:39 AM

Dear all,

I have a PDF, It is two columns in most pages.
how should I make the epub, made it in one column? the left side text first,then the right side? See attachment-001

AND another situation, the picture is on the right side of the page, how should I handle this ? put the picture in the middle of the page instead of on the right side? See attachment-002

bobcdy · 01-12-2011, 11:57 PM

I'm sure there are better ways than what I do, especially if the pdf is a text file already, but this is my procedure:

When I do a two column index for my epubs starting with an image pdf file, first I convert the two column pages from the pdf file into tif images, then I edit each page image to create two single column image pages. This can be automated with Irfanview if there are many pages. Finally I OCR the pages to create text for the epub.

If the pdf file is a text file, I have no idea how one could create two column epubs. Perhaps someone else could help with this.

DaleDe · 01-13-2011, 11:56 AM

If you really need two columns in ePUB the best way is to create a table with two columns.

Dale

jharker · 01-13-2011, 03:27 PM

I would strongly discourage trying make a two-column ePub file. There's no easy or standard way to do this, as far as I know. You're only asking for a lot of trouble, and chances are very good that it will end up looking bad. You'll be much better off simply re-flowing the text as a single column.

01-11-2011, 12:39 AM	#1
yuxi_kelly Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: ipad	books with a two columns style Dear all, I have a PDF, It is two columns in most pages. how should I make the epub, made it in one column? the left side text first,then the right side? See attachment-001 AND another situation, the picture is on the right side of the page, how should I handle this ? put the picture in the middle of the page instead of on the right side? See attachment-002 Attached Thumbnails

01-12-2011, 11:57 PM	#2
bobcdy Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 1048576 Join Date: May 2009 Device: bebook; prs-950; nook simple touch; HTC Jetstream tablet	I'm sure there are better ways than what I do, especially if the pdf is a text file already, but this is my procedure: When I do a two column index for my epubs starting with an image pdf file, first I convert the two column pages from the pdf file into tif images, then I edit each page image to create two single column image pages. This can be automated with Irfanview if there are many pages. Finally I OCR the pages to create text for the epub. If the pdf file is a text file, I have no idea how one could create two column epubs. Perhaps someone else could help with this. Last edited by bobcdy; 01-13-2011 at 01:23 AM.

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01-13-2011, 11:56 AM	#3
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	If you really need two columns in ePUB the best way is to create a table with two columns. Dale

01-13-2011, 03:27 PM	#4
jharker Developer Posts: 345 Karma: 3473 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Device: iRex iLiad v1, Blackberry Tour, Kindle DX, iPad.	I would strongly discourage trying make a two-column ePub file. There's no easy or standard way to do this, as far as I know. You're only asking for a lot of trouble, and chances are very good that it will end up looking bad. You'll be much better off simply re-flowing the text as a single column.

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