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How to convert PDF to epub?

>> No.17681033

>>17681007
type out the pdf in word and then convert the word doc to epub

>> No.17681455

>>17681007
calibre

>> No.17681469

>>17681455
>calibre
converting is about the only thing this shiitty app is useful for

>> No.17681475
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17681475

>download epub on libgen
>go to online converter to make it into a pdf
>as it completes the conversion an error message pops up
>"Copyrighted material detected, unable to complete request''
It was nice knowing you lads, send me postcards in prison

>> No.17681528

>download Librera from F-Droid
>press the three-dots button of a file
>click "Reflow PDF"

>> No.17681577

>download pdf
>convert to mobi on calibre
>doesnt work
>spend dozens of hours learning how to properly convert a pdf
>doesnt work
>kindly tell anons that it doesnt work
>anons insult you telling you it works
>doesnt work
fuck every single one of you. this is the hottest topic on /lit/ , ive punched walls because of this. some pdf cannot possibly look good on an ereader. they just cant. now go fuck yourselves i wont even argue

>> No.17682141

>>17681577
It's almost like PDF wasn't made for e-readers

>> No.17682184

>>17681007
You don't, you read from the PDF you filthy philistine!

>> No.17682196

A lot of the time the pdf reads better before the conversion. The e ink or whatever really can’t be that hard to work with can it

>> No.17682213

>>17682141
you're mother.

>> No.17682216
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>>17681577
I had this issue the other month after buying my new Amazon oasis kindle with leather case only £49.99 from Amazon.
Luckily the pdfs I got our low resolution and read on my new Amazon oasis kindle, even jungs red book read on it. Keep it pdf and go with the flow, jews did 9/11

>> No.17682229

Nothing will come out clean unless you do lots of editing yourself. Just hunt for an epub for convert a mobi or kfx file

>> No.17682463

>>17681475
>send me postcards in prison
ill send u pdf instead

>> No.17682478

>>17681007
Ping and private message the original creator of the book on SocialMedia(tm) to personally make and send the pdf specifically for you, with autographs and all.

>> No.17682491

>>17681475
>epub to pdf conversion
why would anyone ever do this

>> No.17682499

>>17681577
>>17682141
try k2pdfopt
once you get used to the settings, it is amazing

>> No.17682526

>>17682491
Because I can read pdfs on my browser, but epubs I have to read in an ''''app'''' my computer has, and I can only have one open at a time, and I can only click back and forth through pages one at a time so it's pretty annoying.

>> No.17682536

>>17682491
It's faster to convert and epub to pdf than to figure out how to read it on a computer.

>> No.17682718

>>17681469
It's good for editing metadata too if you use an ereader.

>> No.17682790

>converting pdf when they are already supported

>> No.17682817

>>17682536
download calibre
open the epub
there you go

>> No.17682983

you do not

>> No.17684314

>>17681475
Download Apprentice Alf's DeDRM plugin from github and use Calibre.
>>17681577
The reason that a PDF > anything-text-based conversion doesn't work is because this conversion is either using the text layer (which many PDFs lack, or have poorly OCRed ones) or OCR it themselves into an epub. OCR can only analyze words, and while it sometimes gets the headers, footers, footnotes, etc. correct, it often doesn't get these right, and it also often has typos. You're better off using software to batch-crop the PDF pages into a more readable size. I believe k2pdfopt is an example of a program that does this.
>>17682536
Not really. Maybe if you're only reading one book that was originally an epub, but downloading something like Sumatra or Calibre isn't particularly complicated, provided you're running Windows. On Linux, I'd recommend MuPDF or Zathura using the MuPDF backend, and on Android I'd recommend something like Moonreader just because of the plethora of features. I don't know what OSX or ChromeOS have, but with a modern Chromebook you can just use the Linux options.

>> No.17684437

>>17681577
Yeah it sucks for conversions, had better luck with abby finereader

>> No.17685069

>>17684437
genuinely amazed by how incompetent /lit/ is with technology. You act like boomers who have never used the internet in your life.