How do I convert PDF to HTML or Text?
kbo...@bresnanlink.net
I need to convert PDF files to a more usable format. Thanks.
K
David O. Dyer, Sr.
> Hello, I recently purchased a Rocket eBook and would like to know what
> I need to convert PDF files to a more usable format. Thanks.
The plain and simple answer is, you can't. Once upon a time, Adobe had a
conversion program on their site that was supposed to do this. It may still
be there. It didn't work very well. Even if it did, the conversion of html
to rb (RocketEdition) is not as simple as the good Rocket people would have
you believe. Certain html code must be added at appropriate places, such as
<big></big> to make it look right on the Rocket eBook. This information is
available on the Rocket site.
If you want to convert pdf ebooks you've purchased from publishers, your
best bet is to contact the publishers, explain that you bought X and Y from
them in pdf, but now have a Rocket eBook. Ask if they would be kind enough
to make the ebooks you purchased available in RocketReader format. They may
surprise you and do as you ask. I know Renaissance E Books would.
Please don't misinterpret my above comments as condemning the Rocket eBook.
I have one and love it!
David
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Leslie Evans
nothing you can do. If it is not, then you need to have a full version of
Adobe Acrobat, not just the reader. If you have the full version, you can
copy the full cotents of a PDF file to the Windows clipboard and paste it
into Microsoft Word. From there you can keep it as a Word.doc, make html,
txt, etc. Some general digital book companies, such as Online Originals,
sell nonencrypted PDF files. I have bought from them and then extracted the
book to have it read aloud by a text reader that can only use txt files.
--Leslie Evans
psei...@hotmail.com
apparently wasn't so hot. On the other hand, does cracking a text
really make all that much of a difference? With respect to sales?
Let's say 15% of the people (mostly the very technically inclined)
take the time to crack the text. Most people won't bother.
For example, you could spend several hours reading up on pdf file
formats, printing to virtual printers, etc. to be able to crack a text
selling for a few dollars? Once upon a time there was so much
'piracy' of cassette singles that the record companies
started--selling cassette singles.
Napster and Gnutella will similarly drive new pricing models for
music. It's just a question of time. There was a lot of publicity
when MP3.com lost its lawsuit--less when MP3.com went 'legal' by
paying relatively modest licensing fees to ASCAP/BMI. (No reason why
such a model wouldn't work for e-texts, by the way).
Reading on a crt is an utter pain. If I PAY for a text on fatbrain,
mighty word or wherever, I would like to read it comfortably--either
on paper, my rocketbook or palm organizer. It's unlikely that I can
purchase the text in those formats--usually the purchase of an etext
is for a sole format only.
So the solution, at least in the short term, is the crack. Aerial
from www.ambia.com permits the extraction of text from pdf files
fairly easily. But you have to purchase the file in the first place.
Posting such a file after cracking would be bad form, to say the
least. On the other hand, maybe that activity will drive a different
book pricing and distribution model, and that wouldn't be all that
bad.
M. R. Maybee
thought you might like to know that PDF's are easily converted under
Linux to all manner of different formats, and cut and paste type
operations aren't required. The software to accomplish this is all
free. For my part, I've downloaded many of the Project Gutenberg
etexts, and use both Postscript (ghostview) and PDF formats for
reading on my notebook PC, and ghostview for printing on a laser
printer. The conversions from zipped text to .ps or .pdf are simple,
I've written scripts for these operations which I'll share in this forum
if anyone expresses interest.
psei...@hotmail.com wrote:
Well, that's not exactly true. The Glassbook reader's security
apparently wasn't so hot. On the other hand, does cracking a text
really make all that much of a difference? With respect to sales?
Let's say 15% of the people (mostly the very technically inclined)
take the time to crack the text. Most people won't bother.For example, you could spend several hours reading up on pdf file
formats, printing to virtual printers, etc. to be able to crack a text
selling for a few dollars? Once upon a time there was so much
'piracy' of cassette singles that the record companies
started--selling cassette singles.
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gregor...@my-deja.com
format? This is what I think the original poster was after.
I'm considering buying an ebook. I would have already bought one if
they worked with pdf format. I have tons of documents in pdf format.
In article <39236A05...@gte.net>,
mi...@mrm21.com wrote:
>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> --------------C7691393E8ABCA2EFEE5AF92
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> <html>
> All the posts I've seen here seem to be M$ Windows-centric, but
> <br>thought you might like to know that PDF's are easily converted
under
> <br>Linux to all manner of different formats, and cut and paste type
> <br>operations aren't required. The software to accomplish this
is
> all
> <br>free. For my part, I've downloaded many of the Project
Gutenberg
> <br>etexts, and use both Postscript (ghostview) and PDF formats for
> <br>reading on my notebook PC, and ghostview for printing on a laser
> <br>printer. The conversions from zipped text to .ps or .pdf are
> simple,
> <br>I've written scripts for these operations which I'll share in this
> forum
> <br>if anyone expresses interest.
> <p>psei...@hotmail.com wrote:
> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Well, that's not exactly true. The
Glassbook
> reader's security
> <br>apparently wasn't so hot. On the other hand, does cracking a
> text
> <br>really make all that much of a difference? With respect to
sales?
> <br>Let's say 15% of the people (mostly the very technically inclined)
> <br>take the time to crack the text. Most people won't bother.
> <p>For example, you could spend several hours reading up on pdf file
> <br>formats, printing to virtual printers, etc. to be able to crack a
text
> <br>selling for a few dollars? Once upon a time there was so
much
> <br>'piracy' of cassette singles that the record companies
> <br>started--selling cassette singles.
> <br> </blockquote>
> <--- snip --->
> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>
> <br>Reading on a crt is an utter pain. If I PAY for a text on
fatbrain,
> <br>mighty word or wherever, I would like to read it comfortably--
either
> <br>on paper, my rocketbook or palm organizer. It's unlikely
that
> I can
> <br>purchase the text in those formats--usually the purchase of an
etext
> <br>is for a sole format only.
> <p>So the solution, at least in the short term, is the crack.
Aerial
> <br>from www.ambia.com permits the extraction of text from pdf files
> <br>fairly easily. But you have to purchase the file in the
first
> place.
> <p>Posting such a file after cracking would be bad form, to say the
> <br>least. On the other hand, maybe that activity will drive a
different
> <br>book pricing and distribution model, and that wouldn't be all that
> <br>bad.
> <p>On Mon, 15 May 2000 00:39:23 GMT, "Leslie Evans"
> <br><lbe...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> <p>>This is not a one answer question. If the PDF file is encrypted,
there
> is
> <br>>nothing you can do. If it is not, then you need to have a full
version
> of
> <br>>Adobe Acrobat, not just the reader. If you have the full version,
> you can
> <br>>copy the full cotents of a PDF file to the Windows clipboard and
paste
> it
> <br>>into Microsoft Word. From there you can keep it as a Word.doc,
make
> html,
> <br>>txt, etc. Some general digital book companies, such as
Online
> Originals,
> <br>>sell nonencrypted PDF files. I have bought from them and then
extracted
> the
> <br>>book to have it read aloud by a text reader that can only use txt
> files.
> <br>>
> <br>>--Leslie Evans
> <br>>
> <br>><kbo...@bresnanlink.net> wrote in message
> <br>><a
href="news:391ee5d6...@news.bresnanlink.net">news:391ee5d6.5884472
9...@news.bresnanlink.net</a>...
> <br>>> Hello, I recently purchased a Rocket eBook and would like to
know
> what
> <br>>> I need to convert PDF files to a more usable format. Thanks.
> <br>>>
> <br>>> K
> <br>></blockquote>
>
> <pre>--
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nbsp; ______
> ____/______/
mi...@mrm21.com____/ /
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sp; ____/ /_ __ _____ ,____
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> __/ _ \/ / / __\/__ \of the Information/ __ \/ / / / __\/
_ \/ _ \/ __\ aka
>
_/ / / / / / / //_/ / &nb
sp; ____/ /_/ / /_/ / / / / / /
__/ / gitano,
> /_/ /_/_/_/_/ \___/ Superhighway
\____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/_/ blackhawk
> "Shift to the left, shift to the right, pop up, push down, byte byte
byte!"</pre>
> </html>
>
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Before you buy.
M. R. Maybee
for his rocketbook, that's what my post addressed. btw, the Project
Gutenberg texts are ascii text only, so the ability to convert text to
postscript and pdf formats is also handy. Available viewers are more
suitable for e-reading than straight ascii in a browser/editor.
As for other ebook formats... don't know which one you refer to,
as I'm unfamiliar with the rocketbook. If it uses a proprietary
format, I'd avoid it.
EBCDIC, anyone? <g>.
gregor...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Do you have a script that converts from pdf format to the ebook
> format? This is what I think the original poster was after.
>
> I'm considering buying an ebook. I would have already bought one if
> they worked with pdf format. I have tons of documents in pdf format.
>
> In article <39236A05...@gte.net>,
> mi...@mrm21.com wrote:
> >
> > --------------C7691393E8ABCA2EFEE5AF92
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > All the posts I've seen here seem to be M$ Windows-centric, but
> > thought you might like to know that PDF's are easily converted under
> > Linux to all manner of different formats, and cut and paste type
> > operations aren't required. The software to accomplish this is all
> > free. For my part, I've downloaded many of the Project Gutenberg
> > etexts, and use both Postscript (ghostview) and PDF formats for
> > reading on my notebook PC, and ghostview for printing on a laser
> > printer. The conversions from zipped text to .ps or .pdf are simple,
> > I've written scripts for these operations which I'll share in this
> forum
> > if anyone expresses interest.
> >
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hapid
hapid
I have tried pdf format, but the file sizes are huge especially in greyscale
for photos etc.
I have thought about scanning at 200dpi in jpg which seems adequate thru MS
Image composer, putting onto a CD, and thgen using AC/DC to view, but there
are copyright problems with acdc. I heard a rumour that there are free
viewer about that I could put on the CD.
Any help and advice gratefully received.
Peter Thompson
andy
zmc...@gmail.com
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