Touch Bible designed for PRS-600 / PRS-350 / PRS-650

Designed for real Christian use, i.e. Easy to read passages, but also easy to jump around from Verse to Verse or Chapter to Chapter. A lot of effort made on easy to touch Hyper Keys and a fast TOC (Table of Contents).

Version 0.1 - Sep 2009 - Initial Version, With problems in Psalms and Proverbs - Sorry.

Version 1.0 - Dec 2010 - Fast external TOC

Version 1.1 - Dec 2010 - New super fast touch TOC - no scrolling needed!

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Have you taken a look at this one (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31709)? It's very nicely done.

Yes, that one gave me the idea .... however it has a full TOC and therefore requires scrolling of the first level, if looking up revelation this will be four page scrolls.

Hence my new first level TOC ... see point 1.

Once inside the bible its impossible to jump around. So what you really need is an inside and outside TOC. I will cut a KJV version this weekend and release it so people can comment ....

I am putting together a touch Bible in ePub format which will be usable at a Church Bible study.

Ideas:

1. Table of contents - TOC easy to use from a Sony device (Any) the menu's being based on 10 entries.

i.e. First TOP menu says:
Genesis - Deuteronomy
Joshua - Kings
Chronicicles - Job
....
James - Revelation

e.g. The Second Menu under James - Revelation says
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

This means you can get to a verse within four touchs of the TOC

2. Chapter based files with Touch Hyperlink (sorry PRS-300, PRS-505 uses) indexes at the top to go back to Index (A touch version of TOC), Book, chapter within Book or verse in Book.

Verses also start with a Touch Hyperlink so you can jump back to the top of the Chapter again.

The main idea here being to be able to jump around the bible as quickly as possible.

3. (Optional) Spare blank page at the end of each chapter for writing Handwriting notes. (Or you can jump out of book and take notes, then jump back in again)

Notes can then be downloaded and collated, and Bible cleaned before next study.

4. I have the source text to various Bible versions in a SQL database and am working on an ePub with multiple versions. Its going to be big as a bible is typically 2.6 Meg in size. So a 5 version on may be 12.5 Meg in size. However as I have split the document into chapters I feel it will work very well.

5. I would have liked picture buttons which are Hyperlinkable, but ePub does not appear to support that. So all links are Text links. Possibly PDF or BBeB formats support Hyperlinkable picture buttons.

6. I am considering a study version, but need to get the notes electronically from somewhere first.

7. The bible generator code is stored in SQL Server and uses C# code to generate the ePub contents.

Anyone interested in a sharable version e.g. KJV. I have other versions but they are not shareable.

Any more ideas that you would like to see in an electronic Bible?

The reason I didn't include an internal TOC or hyperlinks was because on the PRS-505 it takes almost as long, or longer to select the correct link and activate it as it takes to just jump back to the external TOC.

I agree that an internal TOC would become far more useful with the touchscreen ebook readers.

Good luck creating your version :D

EDIT: Hmm, just looking at your TOC idea, would you mind if I end up borrowing it (or something similar) for mine?

Also, I don't know how the PRS-600 manages large ePubs compared to the 505, but speed is an important factor. It should be split into as many xhtml streams as possible - I ended up having a separate xhtml file for every chapter in the bible. And be careful when you build your toc.ncx file - you should reference the file itself and no more. Don't try to link to a specific spot in an xhtml file unless it's absolutely necessary (eg: verses).

The reason I didn't include an internal TOC or hyperlinks was because on the PRS-505 it takes almost as long, or longer to select the correct link and activate it as it takes to just jump back to the external TOC.).

Yes understood, the external TOC is very fast. And even faster on the 600 because of its faster processor. :2thumbsup

I agree that an internal TOC would become far more useful with the touchscreen ebook readers.

Good luck creating your version :D

EDIT: Hmm, just looking at your TOC idea, would you mind if I end up borrowing it (or something similar) for mine?)

Absolutely, its actually a very simple idea and just requires one more level of TOC.

I only go to chapter level, but I have got a more complex scheme but was not convinced I really needed to go that far, i.e. right down to verse level on the TOC. I have seen some very bit ePub Toc's take an eternity to load. And one on a free TNIV I downloaded completely crash my 600 because they had all the references in the TOC!

By the way it was the downloading your version of KJV and playing with it on a PC, taking the ePub apart and trying my new TOC idea - that was my justification for buying a Sony reader - so Thanks :thanks:

You can download XML format bible text from here:

opensong (http://www.opensong.org/d/downloads)

And then its a small hop to write a XML to ePub converter.

Also, I don't know how the PRS-600 manages large ePubs compared to the 505, but speed is an important factor. It should be split into as many xhtml streams as possible - I ended up having a separate xhtml file for every chapter in the bible. And be careful when you build your toc.ncx file - you should reference the file itself and no more. Don't try to link to a specific spot in an xhtml file unless it's absolutely necessary (eg: verses).

Yep I only go down to chapter level at the moment. I also combine verses together when appropriate for an easier read.

My TOC detailed

Top Level
Genesis - Deuteronomy
Joshua - Kings
Chronicles - Job
Psalms - Song of Songs
Isaiah - Joel
Amos - Malachi
Matthew - John
Acts - Galatians
Ephesians - Hebrew
James - Revelation

Next Level Groupings:
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings

1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job

Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs

Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel

Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi


Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians

Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews

James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

Its worked out on fitting books in groups not greater than 10 and number of verses in each book.

When it gets to the second level then
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Could become
Genesis 1-10
Genesis 11-xx
Exodus 1-10
Exodus 11-xx
Leviticus 1-10
Leviticus 11-xx
Numbers 1-10
Numbers 11-xx
Deuteronomy 1-10
Deuteronomy 11-xx

But that would make the TOC more complex and possible less responsive

King James Version 0.1 for Touch Sony 600/700

Give it a Wiz and see what its like ...

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I think what you are doing is fantastic. Im glad someone is working on this. I just bought a Sony PRS-600 and downloaded the TNIV Bible and am not too happy about the hoops I have to jump to to go to a passage, or even just the beginning of a book.

But I have one big question (and if this is dumb for some reason, let me know): Couldnt someone just put really small tags in the text? I mean, even if they would just put "(Jon*1)" on the line above the first chapter of the gospel of John, and "(Gen*12)" above the beginning of Genesis 12, or something like that, it would be easy to go to Genesis 12 by just searching for Gen*12. That alone would make my live SOO much easier! Would such a little thing mar the text that much?

Am I missing something? Or is this just too simple for the bigwigs in eBible land? And, if they could make it REALLY small, they could put a similar tag in front of all the the verses, or else in front of every 10th verse, so you could get close. This would work for any reader with search capabilities... no? Am I missing something?

Jon*1

Is text search really fast? I had assumed not. But I will give it a try.

In your syntax why the "*" star? and what about the book multiples. Does 1joh1 work for you? Or do you want 1joh*1 instead. Sorry am I missing the point is the "*" star a wild card?

I can generate a new KJ with search tags for you tonight, just let me know the format.

If you send me a personal message I can provide other formats for versions you have already bought.

This project is very much a "work in progress", so let me know what mods you want.

I still need to clean up the extern TOC and also do something radical to the internal TOC. I was hoping graphical buttons would work, but they only work in PDF format, not ePub. Shame. Still I think I can improve the internal TOC experience.

I took notes yesterday in the Bible Studies and found the little windows they give you anoying at best. So I am going to add some full page "Notes" pages to the end of the Bible where handwriting notes may be taken.

My #1 request for this would be to add the books of the "Apocrypha". Not all Churches use the Protestant "selection" of books which form the "Biblical canon" and it would be nice to make this useable for everybody, regardless of "creed".

What about those of us that feel there's a lot of stuff in this bible that we don't use? All the new testament can go for sure.

What about those of us that feel there's a lot of stuff in this bible that we don't use? All the new testament can go for sure.

With respect, Jon, that is a totally different thing. You don't have to read something that's there if you don't agree with it, but you can't read it if it's not there.

Just subscribing to this thread as I will probably get my wife an ereader for Christmas and it will probably be a Sony with a touch screen (there's only 1, right?) and it would be neat to have a Bible on it. I use the one sherman published every day. :)

neat to have a Bible on it.

Check First post, I will file all versions here (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=612000&postcount=1).

My aim is to create a Study bible with notes eventually. Version 0.2 coming soon with Quick chapter search and improved internal TOC and easier to touch chapter hyperlinks.

Unfortunately I am machine less at the moment as my machine was faulty!

Excellent work dclavey! One of my main reasons for waiting for the 600 was hoping that it would be a good touchscreen that would work well as a Bible.

Two features that I would like to see are:
a concordance feature, somewhat like the dictionary feature works now
links between specific verses that would look up commentaries by reference

Keep up the great work! By the way, could you provide a link to the 'small hop' conversion process of xml to epub for this n00b? Thanks!

Concordance feature, somewhat like the dictionary

I was thinking of putting Strongs number indexes (i.e. Links into the original Greek/Hebrew) in, but its tricky you have to be careful not to put too many hyperlinks in! And on the PRS-600 its not easy to hit the back key! :smack:

provide a link to the 'small hop' conversion process of xml to epub for this n00b

This is where I started (http://www.jedisaber.com/eBooks/tutorial.asp) remember .ePub is really just a zip file, open my bible ePub with winzip and have a look at how it was made . One thing I love about ePub's is that you can debug the pages using an ordinary browser.

My #1 request for this would be to add the books of the "Apocrypha".

Sorry, don't have the source to any of the Apocrypha. I prefer the Hebrew rather than Later Greek version OT.

What about those of us that feel there's a lot of stuff in this bible that we don't use? All the new testament can go for sure.

Simple, open up ePub using winzip and delete any Chapters you fancy!

:) Wow! Thanks for responding so quickly, sorry that I took so long, I will have to check back here more often :).

The reason for the * was only that I wanted to pick a character combination that could in no way occur naturally in the document. I was afraid that something like 1jon1 or even 1jon:1 might already be used by a bible somewhere (today or in the future), particularly if it is a study bible. But I put that format as a suggestion only, without giving it a huge amount of research.

If you do think the idea is worth doing, then I would be overjoyed to have you execute it..wow! I currently have the TNIV (drm from the sony store) and the ESV study bible (non-drm from crossway).

But, first lets take some time to think about a good format that will benefit people no matter what format they are using. This way, once you have expended the effort, you wont have to do it again, and so that one format (if possible), will exist across all versions... looking forward to the day when there might be other programs that might key in on these tags...you could be establishing a standard here, you know! 10 years from now, millions of people could be either praising or lamenting a choice you now make !

1jon1
#1jon1
*1jon1
1jn1
1jn:1
#1jn:1

etc.. etc...

I have also been wondering if the prs-600 search feature would find the tags if they were made invisible? And if that doesnt work, how about if they were made really small and colored white?

PS: Thanks again for offering to do this! FYI: I have a receipt for the ESV, which I can email you. I dont think Sony gives receipts for their books, as everything seems to be locked into their system anyway. I fully understand your attitude about not becoming a bootleg distributor. Not sure how you can handle the issue, going forward.

Is text search really fast? I had assumed not. But I will give it a try.

In your syntax why the "*" star? and what about the book multiples. Does 1joh1 work for you? Or do you want 1joh*1 instead. Sorry am I missing the point is the "*" star a wild card?

I can generate a new KJ with search tags for you tonight, just let me know the format.

If you send me a personal message I can provide other formats for versions you have already bought.

This project is very much a "work in progress", so let me know what mods you want.

I still need to clean up the extern TOC and also do something radical to the internal TOC. I was hoping graphical buttons would work, but they only work in PDF format, not ePub. Shame. Still I think I can improve the internal TOC experience.

I took notes yesterday in the Bible Studies and found the little windows they give you anoying at best. So I am going to add some full page "Notes" pages to the end of the Bible where handwriting notes may be taken.

Sorry, don't have the source to any of the Apocrypha. I prefer the Hebrew rather than Later Greek version OT.


It's on PG. I'm not sure, though, what it's a translation of - the Septuagint or some other version.

I had a lot of trouble with the ESV Study Bible on my PRS-600. Actually, the problem was not with the PRS-600 itself, but with the Sony Ebook Library software. The ESV Study Bible is a whopping 36.3 megs. I had problems with the 16 meg TNIV Bible, but not as much. It isnt just Sony, Calibre cannot even load the ESV study bible giving a message that implies it is a bad file. However both the Sony Ebook Library and Adobe Digital Editions (1.5) load it easily. The problem happens when synching to the prs-600 reader using the Sony software.

However, all is working fine now, and so I have adopted the following, which work for me and may help others:

1. When loading a Bible, even if the ebook library software reports "not responding", just walk away for at least an hour or two before giving up...dont click stuff "hoping to make it better".

2. Do not sync a Bible. In other words, make sure the directory you put it in is not synched...or it can start synching even after it is installed and take a long time or just seem to lock up. It started synching once and I got fed up and cancelled it after a half hour, at which point it notified me that it had so far transferred 1 of 24 files.

PS: This article implies that Sony MAY be planning to move away from their much maligned library software, some future version of Adobe Digital Editions that can synch to readers, but that is not clear:

http://www.epubbooks.com/blog/20080525/adobe-release-de15/

Sony with a touch screen (there's only 1, right?)
You're right. The only Sony Reader currently being marketed with a touch screen is the "Touch Edition". However, Sony says they will release the "Daily Edition" - which also will have a touch screen - before Christmas. That's a long time for some people, and too soon for others.

FYI: Here are my 2 cents about the prs-600. I bought it about 2 weeks ago, primarily to read the Bible and spiritual books. Currently I am quite happy with it as a Bible reader, but I was not happy at first. After the first couple days, the bad points below disappointed me and had me considering returning it. But after really researching the options AGAIN, and working on getting used to it, and using it. I decided I liked it more and more. I threw away the box, and am decided to keep it :)

FYI, it is my first reader.

The bad:

- I agree with those who complain that the screen has glare. Technically, it is not glare as much as REFLECTION. Many reviewers say that other readers are not nearly as bothersome in this area, and the general assumption is that it is a design compromise because of the touch screen. But I always have to tilt it around to find some angle where whatever being reflected in the screen is uniform and therefore not noticable. One reviewer on the web complained it was so bad that he can actually comb his hair in his reflection. I cant try this because Im bald, but if I wear a yellow T-Shirt, the yellow is clearly reflected in many types of lighting. At equivalent levels of brightness, being able to distinguish patterns of reflected objects is more distracting than simple glare, and probably more tiresome on the eyes. In the end I have accepted it, but it is not an insignificant issue.

- Downloading big files (bibles) into the device can be a hassle. At first it looked to me like it just wasnt going to work. Then I learned two things. Do not use synched folders with bibles, and allow the software up to an hour to transfer the file, even if it appears to have locked up.

Good:

The reflection problem is bearable. I read a lot of discussions of this on the web (after I bought the reader, and discovered the glare issue) and I had to end up agreeing with those who said that knowing about this reflectivity of the screen and thinking about it makes it much worse than it is. The princess and the pea. If you decide to accept it, you find you can usually find some angle that is fine and you start to forget about it... at least that happened to me.

The Touch screen is really cool. Turning pages with a swipe is just totally natural.

The search is fast. The dictionary works pretty well (although I find you have to tap the screen really hard to get it to come up).

Even the 36meg ESV study bible turns pages quickly. I have no complaints about the speed of this thing.

It is a perfect size. It is big enough to read comfortably, the entire device so small that I can (and very often do) carry it in a fanny pack. In fact I can and sometimes do, even carry it in my pocket. It is not really made for a pocket, but if you are not wearing tight pants it fits in there fine, at least enough to get from your car to where you are going to be, without having to hold it in your hand.

By using Calibre in addition to the sony ebook library software, I am able to do even more with it, including download daily feeds of my favorite newspapers. Calibre's is much better for feeds. For one thing, you get an indexed version of the feed. Also, Calibre has a list of over 120 feeds you can choose from by just clicking. Including Time, Newsweek, Forbes, NYT Headlines...etc. Just remember to always close the Sony sofware before opening Calibre, and vice-versa.

So yes, Im liking my Sony more and more. I just bought a booklight for it. I discovered that if the clip is small enough, and soft plastic (not metal), you can just mount the light on the reader by sticking the part of the clip that goes towards the inside into the slot for the sony memory stick. By chance the sony memory stick port is right in the middle... So I can clip a light onto it without having a cover on the reader. Crude but effective.

....To be honest, though, I wish there were a reader that ran Apple Ipod software or Windows Mobile. Now that would be cool. There are already bibles for those platforms that do so much and the platform is open to innovation worldwide.

I uploaded a King James version Apocrypha some time ago:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15069

FYI: Here are my 2 cents about the prs-600. I bought it about 2 weeks ago, primarily to read the Bible and spiritual books.

Cool,

I wish there were a reader that ran Apple Ipod software or Windows Mobile. Now that would be cool.

Prior to using the PRS-600, I used free pocket eSword (http://www.e-sword.net/pocketpc/index.html)on a 4inch iPAQ 214 640x480 device with a converted AMP, ESB, GNB, MSG, NASB, NIV, NKJV version on it. Much quicker than 600, but I prefer the 600 when reading, clearer screen (no backlight)

I had a lot of trouble with the ESV Study Bible on my PRS-600. Actually, the problem was not with the PRS-600 itself, but with the Sony Ebook Library software. The ESV Study Bible is a whopping 36.3 megs.

As far as I understand ePub's you need to keep the parts of the book small, so I divided my bible up into chapters. I wonder if the ESV did not. I assume its size is all the "Study Notes". Is this the one you downloaded? (http://www.crossway.org/product/9781433515606)

I have a receipt for the ESV, which I can email you.

Just send me a message, Ben has added them to his blog (http://benmob.blogspot.com/2009/10/epub-versions-of-bible.html).

ESV study bible (non-drm from crossway).

You say the ESV is non-drm, that is good new, that means I should be able to pick it apart add my index system to it and hopefully work out ways improving its startup speed.

Hot News: Just downloaded it and it is based on chapters which is good, when I get my 600 back I will investigate its speed etc. Works great inside Adobe Digital Editions. It may be just a case of cutting it down a bit, removing bible introduction pages, removing the pictures, reducing the TOC etc

:smack: Replaced Busted Reader:

Hi all. Ive been on hold with this stuff for a couple weeks as my sony stopped working. I think something pressed too hard on the screen. Sony has just replaced it, because it was in the first 30 days. I told them Best Buy refused a refund because they think something might have pressed on the screen but Sony sent a new one anyway, telling me to send the broken one back, I am hoping they dont turn out to be deceptive and charge me for it (they took credit card as security) . I refuse to even take this new one out of the house until I get a really good hard cover for it...which I have ordered.

:blink: Editing Epubs:

Does anyone know of a utility that can easily be used for editing epubs? In particular something that can handle the TOC format, which doesnt appear to be XHTML ?

So, to answer dclavey, now that I have had a chance to see how epubs work, I am going to play around with different search tagging scenarios before I suggest one. Give me a bit of time as I am new at this.

:bulb2: Lets Help Crossway!

As others have said, it is the ability to improve the indexing that I really like about their non-drm approach at crossway. If we can make improvements to the indexing that we can give back to them that they can use on both the full version and also a stripped version (as you are creating), that would be really great. I want to reward their spirit for creating a non-drm version of their Study Bible. If you think about it you surely have to see this as an act of sacrifice on their part to trust in this because they love the word of God. They know that bootleg copies will be created (not by us), and they accept that, for our good.

What I mean is that it would be fantastic if we can give them back improvements that they can use. In the case of indexes, if the indexes are separate from the text, then they can add the index into their existing files before testing it and thus be certain nobody changed the text. Of course, if it is like the idea I suggested, where tags are inserted, I guess they will just have to see the idea at work and re-do it themselves. I dont think they can have people they dont know send them edited copies of the bible and then turn around and sell or distribute that, its just too risky.

As far as speed, to answer the earlier question the bible I got was the same one you are discussing. I find it works ok in the sony reader size-wise as it is, the big problem is really only with synching it. Once I decided to not put it in a synced folder it works ok. However, it is a little slow sometimes, and I suppose creating a smaller version would speed it up.

DC, I downloaded your Bible to ADE. I am giving my wife a 600 for Christmas and that will be the 1st book on it! :) Thank you!

If we can make improvements to the indexing that we can give back to them

Yes we can do. I will probably provide a patch to the Crossway ESV to start with, the easiest to replace is the TOC (toc.ncx). Although the ESV has a interesting numbering scheme for the Book Chapters ... v66022001.html is Book 66 Revelation, chapter 22.

Creating a quicker internal index will mean modifying the existing book and chapter header. Or adding some new ones to (content.opf) is probably the best idea.

My next version of Indexing which is further based on the power of 10, i.e. A TOC with multiple ten choices, is taking longer than I originally thought. But I have it all coded up now, so just been to debug the generator.

I like the Style of the Crossway ESV better than my 0.1 Style, so will probably change to something simular.

Also I want to do some experiments adding alternative versions. But have no idea how fast/slow such a huge ePub would be.

I also now have the Matthew Henry Full Text, so I will add that in to a later release.

I still do not have my Black 600 yet, so can't test my indexes for speed as I am using eBook Library and Adobe Digital Editions ...

Does anyone know of a utility that can easily be used for editing epubs? In particular something that can handle the TOC format, which doesnt appear to be XHTML ?

No sorry, have not found any good TOC formatters. Being a programmer, I just rolled my own, but mine is driver by a database rather than a person. So not user friendly. :chinscratch:

Not sure where to put this so will ask here. The 600 came yesterday! I got it all charged up but when I tried to copy the Bible to it ADE wouldn't recognize the reader. Then I tried copying a bok to it from the Sony elibrary and it wouldn't recognize the reader either. What am I doing wrong, or not doing???

I was able to authorize the 600 to the Sony elibrary and transfer books but still have been unable to do the same for ADE. The My Account page does not open and neither does the Store page.

If you don't get an answer here, benham, then I'd ask your question again by starting a thread in either the Reading Software section of the forum, or possibly the ePub section.

Incidentally, the My account page and Sony Ebook store page should be accessed via the Ebook library software, not your web browser. But you may be doing this anyway.

dclavey, thank you so much for doing this. The latest Sony NIV I have been useing is really impractical for church. This is a much more intuitive format. Thanks again.

Richard

Thanks Patricia. For Sony I do access the account from the elibrary. There is no way to do that with ADE.

I would love to buy a NIV bible from sony estore but I can't due to my geographical location (singapore). I used to own Laridian NIV for pocketpc and I asked them if they are intending to produce NIV version for Sony ereader. Negative. Ask Zondervan directly, the answer is I can only get it from Sony estore.
Anyone knows where else I can purchase a NIV bible for sony prs600?

Directly from zondervan or one of their e-retailers. Zondervan (http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.97803102941 46&QueryStringSite=Zondervan)

Hope that helps.

Not sure where to put this so will ask here. The 600 came yesterday! I got it all charged up but when I tried to copy the Bible to it ADE wouldn't recognize the reader. Then I tried copying a bok to it from the Sony elibrary and it wouldn't recognize the reader either. What am I doing wrong, or not doing???

I was able to authorize the 600 to the Sony elibrary and transfer books but still have been unable to do the same for ADE. The My Account page does not open and neither does the Store page.

Not sure if you received an answer yet so here goes:
You have to authorize your reader via the sony site or software - cant remember which one it was.

Ok that makes sense, thanks! :)

The KJV epub linked in the first post appears to be missing Proverbs 9! Is there a reason for this?

Resurrecting old threads...sorry, but this is the only posting i can find on a decent touch bible for the prs-600... i love dclavey's work, it's awesome, but it's incomplete and has some errors... is there an updated version, or can someone get me started on editing the epub (I use linux)? I don't need full tutorials, just a 'do this, then this' kind of response... I've just spent an entire day trying to get a complete working touch bible with no success, so it looks like I'll need to edit dclavey's or make my own, just need to know how to get started... any help appreciated, thanks

figured it out, but thanks anyway ^

dclavey;612000]Touch Bible designed for PRS-600

Version 0.1 - Fast external TOC KJV0.1.epub

Seems also that this version has Proverbs stuck in place of Psalms 101 to
about Psalms 131 or so. Does anyone know if it has a corrected update, or
a way to fix it? It truly is a great work for the sony.

Thanks for the feedback.

I have corrected my database (Silly problem I had not allowed for more than 99 chapters in a book! hence psalm 100 crashed into proverbs!) and regenerate a new version of King James Bible.

I have many versions converted, but can only publish the ones in public domain. Let me know if you want a conversion of a different public domain version.

Three new features being worked on for Q1 next year -

- New index with only ten entries on each page.
- Old testament group verses into paragraphs.
- Study version with blank pages for note taking.

David

Thanks for the reply. Since I am new to this, is there a thread to your corrected version?
KJV0.1.epub??? or is that in the works. I really think it is an excellent work. My wife wants it also. Thanks again.

Look at the very first post for this topic. i.e. Hit the "1" button at the bottom right and look at the top post.

That seems to be the standard, keep modifying the first post with releases of epub.

Things are moving fast - new version 1.1 now available with super fast touch TOC.

1.0 still available for those who like a slower more traditional TOC (Try finding Genesis 50! scroll, scroll scroll!)

New versions of the Touch Bible are now available with even faster TOC.

Touch Bible with touch TOC (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58098)

Plug Plug ....

New features to come ...

New versions of the Touch Bible are now available with even faster TOC.

Touch Bible with touch TOC (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58098)

Plug Plug ....

New features to come ...
Want to say a heart felt thanks for all your hard work.
Have been using it for about a month now and love it.
Only have one suggestion ... when you tap the verse and it takes you back to the beginning of the chapter could we have another link to "Table of Contents" to speed up verse selection. Not sure how difficult this would be but it would save a lot of scrowling in the "contents"
Thanks again!