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 attempted to try my conversion from PDF to EPUB using a software called Calibre and the first attempt was a disaster. The text and covers were fine but the scores were decimated, leaving behind only a few scattered characters across the page. So I went back and saved the Finale content (all of my scores) as an image file in Adobe, thinking that having the scores saved as images might prevent the software from becoming confused by trying to convert it to text. It actually DID help since there was at least some semblance of musical scores left behind. However, they were all chopped up with portions of the scores spread out across the page, completely dismembered.
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
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 attempted to try my conversion from PDF to EPUB using a software called Calibre and the first attempt was a disaster. The text and covers were fine but the scores were decimated, leaving behind only a few scattered characters across the page. So I went back and saved the Finale content (all of my scores) as an image file in Adobe, thinking that having the scores saved as images might prevent the software from becoming confused by trying to convert it to text. It actually DID help since there was at least some semblance of musical scores left behind. However, they were all chopped up with portions of the scores spread out across the page, completely dismembered.
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