PDF to epub for ibooks

moocat said:

Hello,

I have been trying to convert some PDFs to epub format. Unfortunately the output from calibre is indigestible. Does anyone have a good solution for converting PDFs to epub while preserving images and formatting? Thanks for your help.

Note: I already have good reader and find it far less polished than iBooks.

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What do you want the PDF to do?
Because if you think that spending time converting is convenient then you have too much time.

I heard GoodReader is good to veiw PDF files but not sure if it suits you.

Converting only takes like 30 seconds...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dSDpPDzzMM&feature=player_embedded

No it does not take 30 seconds, caliber hates images in PDFs an usually can't convert them , also is your PDF is not a nicely written or is a scan of a book it usually can't convert it well and when imported to iBooks it lags and feels bugy. if you like your PDFs get for 99c or comic reader mobi for 13 bucks.

kevhui said:

I heard GoodReader is good to veiw PDF files but not sure if it suits you.

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Every one with a iPad should have goodreader it's much more than a PDF reader.

moocat said:

Hello,

I have been trying to convert some PDFs to epub format. Unfortunately the output from calibre is indigestible. Does anyone have a good solution for converting PDFs to epub while preserving images and formatting? Thanks for your help.

Note: I already have good reader and find it far less polished than iBooks.

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I have the same question. No answers here yet. I did discover an app called papers which does a superb job of moving pdf's to the iPad. There is a corresponding mac application and synch works flawlessly.

Have you tried http://epub2go.com/Web/Default.aspx? I am waiting on a 3G iPad, but I was wondering how good this site is at keeping fonts/format of a document it converts. If anyone tries it out, let me know what you think.

jodorowsky00 said:

No it does not take 30 seconds, caliber hates images in PDFs an usually can't convert them , also is your PDF is not a nicely written or is a scan of a book it usually can't convert it well and when imported to iBooks it lags and feels bugy. if you like your PDFs get for 99c or comic reader mobi for 13 bucks.

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Umm I've just converted like 10 pdfs into books and they look just as if I downloaded them from the ibook store no lag and no feeling buggy and yes they took approx 30 seconds each on my pc. I am not sure what you are doing wrong but I can assure you it works just fine for me.

Calibre is good for free software. but it does tend to have some formatting issues and I have never been able to create a working TOC and Index links. if u are looking to get a more professional looking and feeling pdf to .epub conversion(like if u wanted it to be sell your book online) u should check out this site! pdf to epub converter

I used ePub Bud. They are a website that offers a ton of free eBooks. you can submit all your ebooks and they do all the converting for you!

iBooks is kind of cute, but it is like driving a compact car instead of a top of the line luxury car. Wow. GoodReader is powerful stuff. A drug I couldn't live without. Converting a perfectly good PDF to an ePub file? That sounds awful.

Anyhow, there are lots of issues. Have you done OCR on the file and converted the image to text (if needed)?

This works

I have success with this procedure.
Go to http://www.ZamZar.com
follow instructions to upload .pdf file
select .epub to convert to
open email on fondle-pad and select link to your conversion.
download file and open with ibooks.

Rockyroadrash said:

I have success with this procedure.
Go to http://www.ZamZar.com
follow instructions to upload .pdf file
select .epub to convert to
open email on fondle-pad and select link to your conversion.
download file and open with ibooks.

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iBooks supports PDF now.

moocat said:

Hello,

I have been trying to convert some PDFs to epub format. Unfortunately the output from calibre is indigestible. Does anyone have a good solution for converting PDFs to epub while preserving images and formatting? Thanks for your help.

Note: I already have good reader and find it far less polished than iBooks.

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A pdf reader would be better for this instead of trying to convert to epub..
I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do.. read a book? notes? etc.. little more information would clarify what it is you need it to do other than convert file types... If its for books... ibooks kinda sucks for PDFs as you noticed, which made me switch to another book management app which I guess is what you are looking for... that accepts PDFs? Goodreader is the best for pdf books...