On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Max Pyziur <pyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As a followup, are there tools that can convert pdfs to mobi format? > > Amazon, as part of its Kindle service, does provide a pdf to azw (Amazon's > version of mobi) conversion service: > - email the pdf as an attachment to the email address assigned to the > respective Kindle device > - put "convert" in the subject line > - within a few moments your Kindle account lists the converted pdf > > The results are generally good. Once in a while, there is a pdf file that > was produced either from images (hence no text) or odd formating. In those > cases the conversion results are weak. > > My interest would be in bypassing Amazon's service. Calibre will convert many input formats to many output formats, including PDF to Mobi. Obviously if the PDF input is a set of scanned images, the output will be poor unless you can do OCR on them (haven't tried that). It also manages all your e-books, can talk to a variety of e-readers and is a screen reader itself. The UI is slightly strange but it's well-maintained and frequently updated. yum install calibre poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
