Fire 8.9 HDX Frustrations!

Tackrill · 09-27-2015, 09:01 AM

Hi All,

I'm Dave from the UK & have/love my 4th Gen 8.9" HDX. However, there's a really frustrating problem I can't seem to overcome & I was hoping some kind soul out there could assist me.

I have dozens of magazines & books in PDF format & I'm at a loss on how to convert & resize them so they are full screen on my tablet. I'm using the latest version of Calibre & output to either AZW3 or MOBI format as suggested & have no trouble transferring to my device or have them showing up on the carousel.

The problem is viewing size on the tablet. All pages are about a third of the screen size & I can't pinch zoom them to fit. What am I doing wrong? Surely there must be a way of getting these files to look & act like the books I buy from the Amazon store? I could send a copy of one of the PDF's by e-mail if required but feel it's something I'm not quite grasping.

Please help!

Best wishes from a sunny Lincolnshire in the UK.
Dave

AnemicOak · 09-27-2015, 09:48 PM

For a tablet I wouldn't convert the PDF's to another format I'd just read them as PDF's. There are some good PDF reading apps in the Amazon appstore such as RepliGo and EZ PDF, but I've found that the default built in book reader on the Fire works quite well for the PDF's I've used with it.

Converting PDF's can be a complete nightmare depending on a lot of things (PDF's aren't really meant to be converted to another format). Are they text based or image based? Sounds like they could be images (page scans?) with the problem you're describing. For text based PDF's I've found the best way to get a high quality result is to export the text to HTML (I usually use Acrobat) and then build an ePub in Sigil or Calibre's Editor where I can fix any conversion issues and get a good "master" book which can then be converted to whatever format I was such as AZW3.

09-27-2015, 09:01 AM	#1
Tackrill Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 4th Gen	Fire 8.9 HDX Frustrations! Hi All, I'm Dave from the UK & have/love my 4th Gen 8.9" HDX. However, there's a really frustrating problem I can't seem to overcome & I was hoping some kind soul out there could assist me. I have dozens of magazines & books in PDF format & I'm at a loss on how to convert & resize them so they are full screen on my tablet. I'm using the latest version of Calibre & output to either AZW3 or MOBI format as suggested & have no trouble transferring to my device or have them showing up on the carousel. The problem is viewing size on the tablet. All pages are about a third of the screen size & I can't pinch zoom them to fit. What am I doing wrong? Surely there must be a way of getting these files to look & act like the books I buy from the Amazon store? I could send a copy of one of the PDF's by e-mail if required but feel it's something I'm not quite grasping. Please help! Best wishes from a sunny Lincolnshire in the UK. Dave

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09-27-2015, 09:48 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	For a tablet I wouldn't convert the PDF's to another format I'd just read them as PDF's. There are some good PDF reading apps in the Amazon appstore such as RepliGo and EZ PDF, but I've found that the default built in book reader on the Fire works quite well for the PDF's I've used with it. Converting PDF's can be a complete nightmare depending on a lot of things (PDF's aren't really meant to be converted to another format). Are they text based or image based? Sounds like they could be images (page scans?) with the problem you're describing. For text based PDF's I've found the best way to get a high quality result is to export the text to HTML (I usually use Acrobat) and then build an ePub in Sigil or Calibre's Editor where I can fix any conversion issues and get a good "master" book which can then be converted to whatever format I was such as AZW3.

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