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Cuda4d ago

Is there a platform or tool to convert scanned #books (PDF) to EPUBs? Most simple conversion tools ruin the layout, making reading difficult. #asknostr #bookstr

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GG Force G4d ago

I think Paper might do this.

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GG Force G4d ago

Sorry, Paperwork https://www.openpaper.work/en/

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Chris Krause4d ago

I thought about the same thing, bit didn't find a solution to it. Then I found annas-archive.gl Now I just get the epub directly.

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Stig Innisfil3d ago

https://calibre-ebook.com/ -- Great for ebook conversion and management.

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Cuda4d ago

Thank you. Will check It out. Seems like they do OCR (scann for Text) but this is a simple job which a lot of tool can do. The hard part is to convert the formats.

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Cuda4d ago

Thank you. That would work if there was a digital version. But I cannot even get my hands on a physical one. The only version I can find is a scanned version as a PDF.

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Chris Krause4d ago

Ah, OK. That's a challenge.

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Cuda3d ago

Yeah thanks, using that a lot but it does not work well with pdfs and especially not with scanned books. The resulting epubs are a mess.

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