Pdf to epub tool?

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  1. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    Hello, to blow off the steam I've built up in anger at my bank who I will never associate with again (I will also dissuade my children and grandchildren from doing so either), I'd like to convert a series of novels that I have in pdf into epubs so I can read it on my phone. I could do it manually, but I'm feeling too wrathful to do something that tedious so I figured I'd check to see if any of you have something good. Btw, the pdf contains text and images so I'd be happy if a miracle program exists that can embed those in the epub for me, but I think I can do that much myself if needs be.

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Lhie

    Lhie 『Procrastinator』「Argetlam」『Bibliophile』

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    why cant you read pdfs tho? Σ(ºд º///)
     
  3. Jigoku Shounen

    Jigoku Shounen An Envoy From Hell

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  4. UnGrave

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    Text too small and I can't resize it.
     
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  5. UnGrave

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  6. TamaSaga

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    Saying this without doing any research beyond what I did initially for a different project...

    I'd honestly just use a source material -> epub converter or find epub versions of those pdf's.

    To go from pdf's to epubs can be more hassle than it's worth, especially if the pdf's are encrypted. Or, at least, that's what I found when I tried it.

    That said, if it's not encrypted, what you're probably going to end up doing is extracting from pdf to some intermediate file like docx, and then reconverting it to epub.
     
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  7. Lhie

    Lhie 『Procrastinator』「Argetlam」『Bibliophile』

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    Oh that. Usually i just edit the pdf before saving on my phone ( > ◡ < )

    Or. I use box app. It has a text to speak option since im lazy haha
     
  8. AzureM

    AzureM Well-Known Member

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    You can search at(in or on?) Google:
    Convert pdf to epub online.

    There're some websites that makes this conversion easily.
     
  9. UnGrave

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    Anything actually good?
     
  10. Lhie

    Lhie 『Procrastinator』「Argetlam」『Bibliophile』

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    Online conversion sites usually do the trick for me tho? I never came across an encrypted one
     
  11. Eques

    Eques Translation machine (not)

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    Calibre - I use it to manage my ebook collection and edit them for Kindle.
     
  12. UnGrave

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    Is there a pdf extension for it?
     
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    Ophious Pathfinder kinda fun

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    Eques Translation machine (not)

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    It has literally everything, and there are extensions too. Works pretty well for converting pdf if you tweak it to your specification/likes, and then you can edit epub file too.
     
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    To give an example, DRM'd pdfs from an online bookstore.
     
  16. Eklair

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    If it's for light novels then I can give you the website I use that has both pdf and epub selections.
     
  17. UnGrave

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    That's not allowed here apparently
     
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    I can send it to you in a message.
     
  19. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    Pshh, who'd do such a shady thing?
     
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  20. losthound

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    If you can do command line then pandoc can convert them in batch if not then try calibre.