convert pdf to an ebook format (for fbreader)
 

I was trying to view a 500 page ebook in the pdf viewer, and after about 10 minutes of waiting for it to load I gave up. Is there a program out there to convert pdf to an ebook format fbreader uses? I prefer something that will work on os x, but linux or windows is fine too.

Re: convert pdf to an ebook format (for fbreader)
 

Hello soleblaze, I would advise to check out the web site http://www.mobileread.com. They have a forum (http://www.mobileread.com/forums) and a wiki (http://www.mobileread.com/wiki/Main_Page and http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion) that detail the workflow and tools that you need.

There are some fans over there of using the N770/N800 as a mobile reading device. And some folks have scanned books in that were not available in any e-book format just so that they could read it on their Nokia device. They detail the workflows and tool chains.

Travis

Re: convert pdf to an ebook format (for fbreader)
 

You may find this article in Unix Review informative on the subject of extracting text from PDFs.

Re: convert pdf to an ebook format (for fbreader)
 

Thanks, I'll take a look at that now.