PDFs on the Nook

I noticed since the past month that PDF files saved directly from HTML using the Print as a PDF command, whether on a Windows or Macintosh machine lose content while getting formatted on a Nook. The reason for this is the encryption used by the built-in PDF support which includes all HTML tags present in the original document including the location tags. So when you take this PDF along with the tags and feed it to your Nook which ‘reflows’ your PDF file or word wraps it to match its screen. In addition, it also appears to do a 1:1 page mapping of the PDF to itself which does not work out if you have printed it directly from the HTML format. So how do we get around this? A couple of options:

1. If you want to preserve the PDF format, you can copy the HTML to a Microsoft Word document which repaginates everything to a document print format instead of a webpage and adjusts the margins accordingly. Then simply use the built-in virtual printing option to print your Word document as a PDF.


2. Convert the HTML to an ePub document which is the general choice for ebook formats. You can do this using Calibre on any platform. To download Calibre, simply visit this link:

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