Convert PDF to EPub or LRF puts pages out of order

Timber · 12-28-2011, 02:25 PM

Hi Kovid,

I'm hoping you can help with a problem I'm having.

My daughter got some ebooks in PDF format. In PDF they are 2 printed pages per page on the screen.

so the first few pages look like
Pg1 Pg2
Pg3 Pg4
and so on

My problem is at conversion time - it's converting the PDF to LRF and EPub fine, but it's reading the pages in the wrong order.

Looks like it's reading down the pages on the left and converting them then reading down the pages on the right and converting them

So my output looks like
Pg1
Pg3
Pg5
Pg7
...

You've got some fantastic tools and they work great for most of my library. Is there any way to tell them to convert across before down?

Thanks for the help

kovidgoyal · 12-28-2011, 10:26 PM

No, converting from PDF is never going to handle things like this see: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/conv...#pdfconversion

Timber · 12-29-2011, 05:16 AM

Thanks for the quick reply.

I guess what i'll need to do is convert the Pdf from 2 pages across per page on screen to a single one and then convert the resulting pdf to epub & lrf normally.

Time to start tinkering with adobe and see if it lets me do that

PeterT · 12-29-2011, 06:57 AM

Try using BRISS to massage the PDF.

12-28-2011, 02:25 PM	#1
Timber Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: iPad, Macbook Pro, Kindle	Convert PDF to EPub or LRF puts pages out of order Hi Kovid, I'm hoping you can help with a problem I'm having. My daughter got some ebooks in PDF format. In PDF they are 2 printed pages per page on the screen. so the first few pages look like Pg1 Pg2 Pg3 Pg4 and so on My problem is at conversion time - it's converting the PDF to LRF and EPub fine, but it's reading the pages in the wrong order. Looks like it's reading down the pages on the left and converting them then reading down the pages on the right and converting them So my output looks like Pg1 Pg3 Pg5 Pg7 ... You've got some fantastic tools and they work great for most of my library. Is there any way to tell them to convert across before down? Thanks for the help

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12-28-2011, 10:26 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,144 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, converting from PDF is never going to handle things like this see: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/conv...#pdfconversion

12-29-2011, 05:16 AM	#3
Timber Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: iPad, Macbook Pro, Kindle	Thanks for the quick reply. I guess what i'll need to do is convert the Pdf from 2 pages across per page on screen to a single one and then convert the resulting pdf to epub & lrf normally. Time to start tinkering with adobe and see if it lets me do that

12-29-2011, 06:57 AM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,262 Karma: 78869092 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Try using BRISS to massage the PDF.

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