Editing recommendation needed

Skydog · 05-11-2009, 11:28 PM

As somewhat of a "newbie" I have found the amount of information here overwhelming but extremely helpful. That said, what would you recommend as an editing tool(s) to correct errors resulting from converting .pdf => .prc? Specifically, I would like to correct the lack of page breaks/numbering between chapters that was lost in the conversions. Eventually, I would like to learn more.

I've been using Calibre and MobiCreator for the conversions as well as mobi2mobi to correct metadata.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

HarryT · 05-12-2009, 07:19 AM

I find "Book Designer" to be the best editing tool by far. When you've finished editing, re-export the book as HTML for Calibre, Mobi Creator, or whatever.

=X= · 05-12-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Skydog

As somewhat of a "newbie" I have found the amount of information here overwhelming but extremely helpful. That said, what would you recommend as an editing tool(s) to correct errors resulting from converting .pdf => .prc? Specifically, I would like to correct the lack of page breaks/numbering between chapters that was lost in the conversions. Eventually, I would like to learn more.

I've been using Calibre and MobiCreator for the conversions as well as mobi2mobi to correct metadata.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Personally I think using the best solution out there. MobiCreator and calibre is the best way to go. MobiCreator is the best free PDF parser out there, and I'm not aware of a better commercial PDF solution out there.

The only step I do differently from you, is to use BookCreator (link)to touch up the final book. (e.g. Adding Table of content inserting manual page breaks, font changes, etc...)
I usually import this HTML to BookCreator by copy and pasting.

If you wish to preserver page numbers and
You might want to use cxpdfhtml a long with the xml file produced by MobiCreator. (You can find the xml file in the Publication path ( the path can be found in "Settings|Publication Preferences|Default folder" --Default folder is a text box)

=X=

Skydog · 05-12-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I find "Book Designer" to be the best editing tool by far. When you've finished editing, re-export the book as HTML for Calibre, Mobi Creator, or whatever.

Thank you for your suggestion, Harry. I will give it a try.

-Patricia

Skydog · 05-12-2009, 12:47 PM

=X=,

Many thanks for providing detailed information and options. It's obvious to me that I need to do some studying

The cxpdfhtml script was unknown to me, but the links you've provided are very helpful as I need to edit tech pubs as well as books.

So much to learn...

-Patricia

chrisophus · 05-14-2009, 05:12 PM

I am the creator of cxpdfhtml, so if you post questions/requests here I will try to answer them. As far as chapter page breaks, there are options in Calibre to do that. Since I can generally get equal to better results from cxpdfhtml over MobiCreator, then I use the html file it generates in Calibre.

05-11-2009, 11:28 PM	#1
Skydog Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 2146858 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Kindle Voyage, PW2, Fire HDX 8.9; Kobo Aura H20, Mini; Nexus 7.2, 10	Editing recommendation needed As somewhat of a "newbie" I have found the amount of information here overwhelming but extremely helpful. That said, what would you recommend as an editing tool(s) to correct errors resulting from converting .pdf => .prc? Specifically, I would like to correct the lack of page breaks/numbering between chapters that was lost in the conversions. Eventually, I would like to learn more. I've been using Calibre and MobiCreator for the conversions as well as mobi2mobi to correct metadata. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 80,063 Karma: 71509009 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Voyage, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I find "Book Designer" to be the best editing tool by far. When you've finished editing, re-export the book as HTML for Calibre, Mobi Creator, or whatever.

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Skydog Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 2146858 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Kindle Voyage, PW2, Fire HDX 8.9; Kobo Aura H20, Mini; Nexus 7.2, 10	=X=, Many thanks for providing detailed information and options. It's obvious to me that I need to do some studying The cxpdfhtml script was unknown to me, but the links you've provided are very helpful as I need to edit tech pubs as well as books. So much to learn... -Patricia

05-14-2009, 05:12 PM	#6
chrisophus Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Kindle	I am the creator of cxpdfhtml, so if you post questions/requests here I will try to answer them. As far as chapter page breaks, there are options in Calibre to do that. Since I can generally get equal to better results from cxpdfhtml over MobiCreator, then I use the html file it generates in Calibre.

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