On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Max Pyziur <pyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 19:09 -0500, Max Pyziur wrote: >>> >>> However, I just tested converting the same document (pdf->mobi) using >>> both calibre and Amazon's Kindle service. The results are far better >>> from Amazon. Calibre's ebook-convert jumbles the output. >>> >> Depending on what you mean by "jumbles", I can't say that's a surprise >> for some PDFs. Are you saying it happens every time? Maybe a report to >> Cailbre's author is in order. > > > In general, calibre's conversion of pdfs is less robust than Amazon's. By > "jumbles," I mean that certain documents have things such as footnotes, or > endnotes; some have anchors. In Amazon's case, more often,these seem to be > handled correctly. With Calibre, the footnotes can be interspersed with the > regular text; in that way, the regular text is "jumbled" with the footnotes > presenting problems of continuity. > > Perhaps a report to calibre's authors is in order. I would imagine that footnotes, endnotes etc. are hard cases to handle since their positioning depends on page breaks. PDF documents are preformatted to a page size, while Mobi docs are meant to adjust according to the display device. Certainly it would be useful to report this to Calibre's author. I also wouldn't expect great results with equations and figures other than simple inserted images. I take it that conversion of normal text (such as you would find in a novel) is more acceptable? 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
