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Old 08-28-2009, 05:02 PM   #5
Thrasymachus
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt View Post
Frabjous, I don't except the PDFs to look different, but they would be more portable. Reading a long text on a computer is not very comfortable, especially in the subway, and I don't have an internet-enabled portable device.

I tried the sample PDF on my Cybook and it didn't come out very well, but then the Cybook is really horrible with PDFs. I tried converting it with Calibre and got a readable result, but it would probably be simpler to just download the html source.
This encyclopedia is a nice resource, but I'd suggest a different way to put articles on a reading device: copy/paste the text of the article you want to MS Word, save as ("filtered") HTML, and put it right on the Cybook. I don't have a Cybook, but I understand it supports HTML. If you need a format like PRC or EPUB, run the HTML file through calibre. Wouldn't this work?
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