12-04-2007, 04:16 PM | #1 |
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producing ebooks for kindle vs. cybook?
I know kindle supports mobipocket and so does cybook. I own a cybook and am self-publishing a creative commons erotic short story collection (which I'll be posting here in a few weeks).
Will mobipocket render exactly the same in both kindle and cybook? What are the differences (if any) in how kindle and cybook show mobipocket files? I'm thinking mostly about navigation, headings and fonts. I'm guessing that images will be basically the same. Would there be any reason to produce mobipocket versions for each device? Thanks for your help. |
12-04-2007, 05:10 PM | #2 |
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There's no reason to create multiple versions of a Mobipocket ebook. All the devices read the exact same format.
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12-04-2007, 05:23 PM | #3 | |
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I'm not sure, but I'd guess they would display virtually the same on both. It depends on how close the reader software for each device is. Don't know if we've got anyone on the forum yet that owns both a Cybook & a Kindle that could do a direct comparison. Last edited by AnemicOak; 12-04-2007 at 05:25 PM. |
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12-04-2007, 05:27 PM | #4 |
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You can also post your work on Feedbooks: http://www.feedbooks.com
We'll add Mobipocket in the upcoming weeks and we already create custom PDF files on the fly and support the new ebook standard: epub. |
12-04-2007, 05:39 PM | #5 |
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Thanks, Hadrien. Yes, I was planning to post it on feedbooks as well.
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12-04-2007, 07:31 PM | #6 | |
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12-04-2007, 09:59 PM | #7 |
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In general, a MOBI file should work on any device. The optimizations for a Cybook or a Kindle would be the same - primarily to use large images (and therefore in most cases JPEG images, with the JPEG option explicitly on in MobiPocket Creator or mobigen.exe). For short stories, a table of contents recognized as such by the Reader (rather than just in-lined HTML) would help too.
As catsittingstill pointed out, one difference is that the Kindle does not have selectable font types (only font sizes). However, that isn't usually a problem for document design. The two devices might convert images to fit the screen, and for 4 gray scales, differently - but I have not seen any reports on this issue. The Kindle does a pretty good job displaying color images. |
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I have also been wondering if the Kindle have these small Cover images that the Cybook displays in it library views? |
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12-08-2007, 09:46 AM | #9 | |
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Not all books have a TOC; for those which don't, this menu item will be greyed-out. |
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12-08-2007, 12:19 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for that information. It never occured to me to look in a sub menu for the table of content. I tested with a book without a TOC and there was no entry at all for table of content. And I confirmed that I could go to the TOC in the book generated by my Perl script (lit2mobi).
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12-08-2007, 01:14 PM | #11 |
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For TOC, the Kindle has a sub-menu similar to the "contents" menu in the Windows MobiPocket Reader (cover, TOC, ...), which also includes go to beginning, location or boookmark. The "beginning" is what the Windows version calls "start reading" and is not the 1st page but rather where the publisher wants you to start.
The iLiad has no way of bringing up the cover image (unless it is in-lined in the HTML), but it has a TOC icon (similar to FBReader's TOC icon) and a "start reading" icon. The start reading icon will be grayed out unless the publisher has included this location. |
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The only problem that I have with this menu, is that I don't know how I can create sub-menus. For example instead of displaying Part I and right under Chapter I, it would be much better if Part I acted like a sub-menu with its chapters inside. |
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12-08-2007, 01:32 PM | #13 | |
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I assumed the Cybook's images were thunbnails based on the cover images. That is what the Windows MobiPocket Reader seems to be displaying in its library view when you select an e-book. |
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12-08-2007, 01:43 PM | #14 |
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That's exactly what they are. When the library first "catalogs" the book, it generates a thumbnail file. If there is a cover image it uses that, otherwise it creates one which shows the book title.
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12-08-2007, 04:36 PM | #15 |
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There is sometimes a small image packed in the mobi file that probably could be used if it is there. Otherwise it seems that it takes the first image record and rescale that and use as a thumbnail. If somebody happens to know exactly how this works and if there is relevant information in the MOBI header for this process I am very interested in this information. I want to make my conversion tools as correct as possible.
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