pitfall of having news on the reader

nathantw · 12-03-2007, 03:03 PM

I just downloaded the newer version of libprs500 and installed it on my machine. To my surprise there's now The Economist and NY Times Book Reviews to download. So of course I downloaded the data and put it onto my reader. I opened The Economist and saw an article that I really wanted to read. Unfortunately the pitfalls of electronic data is that sometimes all the data doesn't come down and you're left with a blank screen when you want to read the article, such as what I ran into. Bummer. I'll try deleting The Economist off my reader and redownload the data and put it back and see if that helps. It's just a little disappointing not being able to read the story right away. I even checked their website and the story doesn't even exist.

kovidgoyal · 12-03-2007, 03:11 PM

You should also know that the economist articles are abstracts, not the full articles, as I don't have an economist subscription so can't develop the code for the full articles.

nathantw · 12-03-2007, 03:24 PM

Ah, that explains it. Thank you for your program and your continued development!

12-03-2007, 03:03 PM	#1
nathantw Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 230 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: 505	pitfall of having news on the reader I just downloaded the newer version of libprs500 and installed it on my machine. To my surprise there's now The Economist and NY Times Book Reviews to download. So of course I downloaded the data and put it onto my reader. I opened The Economist and saw an article that I really wanted to read. Unfortunately the pitfalls of electronic data is that sometimes all the data doesn't come down and you're left with a blank screen when you want to read the article, such as what I ran into. Bummer. I'll try deleting The Economist off my reader and redownload the data and put it back and see if that helps. It's just a little disappointing not being able to read the story right away. I even checked their website and the story doesn't even exist.

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12-03-2007, 03:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You should also know that the economist articles are abstracts, not the full articles, as I don't have an economist subscription so can't develop the code for the full articles.

12-03-2007, 03:24 PM	#3
nathantw Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 230 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: 505	Ah, that explains it. Thank you for your program and your continued development!

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