How to Make an eBook from a PDF File
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately of how to
make an eBook from a PDF file. My first though was why you would want to do
that, seeing that most eReaders can already read PDF files but I guess that not
really answering the question. The simple answer to the question is to use the
application Calibre.
Here is a simple tutorial....
Step 1: Download Calibre
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In the Navigation bar Click Download
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Choose your operating system
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Install Calibre
Step 2: Find the PDF that you want to turn into an eBook
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Google is your friend
Step 3: Launch Calibre and import your file
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Click on the Calibre Icon on your desktop to
launch the app
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Click and drag the PDF file from your desktop to the Calibre app
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Right click on the file you just placed there
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Choose “Edit Metadata Individually ” (Skip this
step if you are converting a real book)
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Enter the Meta data (if you are converting a
real book just choose Download Metadata and it will do all of this for you.)
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When the meta data is the way you like It click
“OK”
Step 4: Converting the PDF to eBook *Note – that eBooks
come in a verity of formats, for example the kindle format is .mobi, and
standard eBooks come in ePub. Good thing that Calibre Converts to pretty much
all major formats.*
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Right click on the file you want to convert and
choose “Convert books Individually”
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From here you get a verity of customization options
but I’ll keep it short, look in the top right corner where it says output and
choose the file format that you want.
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Click ok at the bottom and it will begin to
convert. The duration will depend on how big your file originally was and the
processing power of your computer.
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You can monitor the process but looking in the
bottom right corner and clicking on jobs.
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Once done you can right click on the book and
choose “open containing folder” to locate the newly created eBook.
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You’re done (now all you have to do is transfer
it to your eReader and you are good to go!!!
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