On 26/07/2011, at 7:45 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> > > On 26/07/2011, at 12:00 AM, Ian Reid wrote: > >> >> Hi Ronni >> >> Further to the above subject I found a group called epub2go which promised >> PDF to EPUB conversion. I joined up and requested they convert Apple's iPad >> User Guide to EPUB but they could not do it, possible reasons given being >> (a) Digital Rights Management; (b) non-English fonts and (c) being too >> complex. >> >> Have I chosen a poor operator or is the User Guide rather too complex for >> conversion. Your advice would be appreciated. >> >> Ian >> >> > > > Not meaning to hijack any response from Ronni, but have you tried Calibre > (<http://calibre-ebook.com/>)? This free application is not only an excellent > repository and management system for all your important PDF and ePub > documents, it will also do the conversion for you. I have just successfully > converted Apple's own Applescript Language Guide to ePub format, just using > the default parameters. Took about 15 seconds. Calibre also gives you the > facility to export your ePub document to iTunes for syncing with your iOS > device of choice. > > No need for a third party service. > > Might be worth a demo at a future WAMUG meeting... I agree Calibre is excellent, converts PDFs to ePub & other formats well. I used it a lot before iBooks update that could then read PDFs. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
