Yesterday and today, I spent sometime converting some pdfs to text and then to html and then to pdb, which is a file for the Palm TX, particularly Isilo. Here are some of the tools I used.
iSiloX
A-PDF Text Extractor is a free tool that of course extracts the text from pdf (duh). There is a bit of problem on this part because there is no guarantee that all "text" are text. Some text may actually be pictures of text.
* This means I actually edited the document on Kompozer while simultaneously looking at the PDF to ensure I had everything. I know it sounds too much, but I really wanted to have my favorite productivity books on hand at all times via my PDA.
Kompozer Portable is an open source WYSIWYG HTML Editor. I occasionally have problems with it not receiving keyboard commands after a few hours of work. Closing and re-opening the document solves the issue.
iSiloX can be quite a powerful tool. Here is a tutorial page for converting an online site to an ebook. I am not really sure how it will handle the sidebars and ads but it is very promising. There are a lot of other features I haven't even began to explore.
Related Links: (IsiloX Tutorials)
Convert an HTML Document from the Web
Convert a Text Document from Your Local Hard Drive
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