Is there a way to convert a PDF file to ePUB format WITHOUT using Calibre

I'll tell you clearly and loudly: I don't like Calibre! So, how can I convert PDF to ePUB without it?

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We know you don't like Calibre... but have you tried its CLI conversion tool?

The Calibre install provides the command ebook-convert that will handle what you want, and there's no need to run Calibre.

ebook-convert file.pdf file.epub

is all that's required.

If the output looks a little wrong - try this

ebook-convert file.pdf file.epub --enable-heuristics

It will try a "smart" way to convert. Not perfect, but can work well in most conversions.

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LibreOffice has an epub exporter extension, so you can install the LibreOffice PDF importer extension, import your PDF, and then export to epub.

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Have a look at , you can easily convert .pdf to .epub using their free online conversion tool.

This is not a direct answer to the question, but for people who want to read PDFs on an e-reader and are finding it cumbersome, one solution may be to crop the margins of the PDF, and read in landscape mode. That works acceptably well for me on my e-reader in any case. There are many PDF croppers out there. Just search for "pdf crop" or "pdf trim".

2epub.com - the same online converter with batch processing and output compression files