Hello,

I've already published my paperback on B&N Press with no issues. However, the file conversion required to publish the eBook version is proving to be a challenge.

Here's the situation:

I'm publishing a book of classical guitar arrangements. In other words, these are musical scores so the only text in my entire document are: 1) Contents page 2) About page and 3) Copyright page. The cover is an image so it can be converted to anything but the bulk of the content was created using a program called Finale. Finale files are musical scores (with some text) that can only be exported as a PDF, via the Adobe printer driver. Converting a PDF of this type into eBook format for Amazon Kindle was easy, since they have the Kindle Kids Book Creator available which converts my PDF into a MOBI file in the blink of an eye with perfect results.

I first attempted to try my conversion from PDF to EPUB using a software called Calibre which turned out to be a disaster. Other avenues were also fails with varying results. Using the "Export to" feature in Adobe Acrobat Pro and exporting to Microsoft Word actually almost worked, but, alas, it still defiled my scores, somewhat, so it was also a no-go.

Do any of you have any suggestion on this or have you faced any other scenarios that sound anything at all like what I'm dealing with here?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Regards,
Brian Hayes
For anyone who is interested the original thread is https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=344129

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BetterRed,

I followed davidfor's suggestion by positing my query, here, but it looks like there's a lack of response. I wish I could go back to my original thread. It was so easy creating an eBook using my current file with KDP and Lulu, I can't figure our why it's so tough here?
Just give it time


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OK, will do, thanks, Peter!
Suggest you read Guideline #3.

Having multiple threads running on the same issue from the same person in different forums is almost guaranteed to irritate responders

But I'm puzzled, if it's easy to create an eBook with KDP and Lulu from what you already have then what is the problem are we trying to solve.

BR
BR,

I would just like to publish an eBook through B&N as well. I was just saying that my file was easy to upload to those other platforms. For some reason, this PDF to EPUB thing is difficult.

As far as Guideline#3, I'm sorry if I caused a problem, there. Davidfor suggested that I try my query, here, and apparently I didn't understand how to go about that in the proper way.
Is the reason why it was so easy, before, due to the fact that KDP and Lulu allow for a Fixed-Layout Ebook format?
The Epub you'll need to create is one that simply contains a series of images of each of the musical scores. This is more than likely what the Mobi conversion has done.

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PeterT,

Yeah, from what I was reading, this may be referred to as a Fixed-Layout Ebook format? And strangely, Lulu accepted a PDF to upload for their eBook.