New ePub Format

JRock9999 · 01-22-2010, 11:01 AM

I bought an ePub formatted book yesterday from the sony store. This is the first book I purchased in the new format. It looks awful. In fact it is so bad I can hardly read it.

Is there any way to convert this file so it looks like an actual book? What happened to the proper justification and page numbering? I have half of a page on one screen, then half on the next.

HarryT · 01-22-2010, 11:11 AM

What specifically is preventing you from being able to read it?

JRock9999 · 01-22-2010, 11:33 AM

It doesn't flow like a book anymore. You get half the sentence on one page and half on the next. The books are no longer fully justified.

HarryT · 01-22-2010, 11:59 AM

The Adobe Digital Editions software on the 500/505 does not currently support full justification. That's a shortcoming of the Sony, not of the ePub standard - all other ePub devices support full justification. Given that Sony's newest reader, the PRS-900, does support full justification, there is a reasonable likelihood of a firmware update to address the issue.

I'm not sure what you mean about "half a sentence being on one page and half on another" - can you clarify? The Sony does have widow and orphan control for ePub files, so it won't generally start a sentence on one page if only one line of it will fit on a page.

01-22-2010, 11:01 AM	#1
JRock9999 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: none	New ePub Format I bought an ePub formatted book yesterday from the sony store. This is the first book I purchased in the new format. It looks awful. In fact it is so bad I can hardly read it. Is there any way to convert this file so it looks like an actual book? What happened to the proper justification and page numbering? I have half of a page on one screen, then half on the next.

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01-22-2010, 11:11 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	What specifically is preventing you from being able to read it?

01-22-2010, 11:33 AM	#3
JRock9999 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: none	It doesn't flow like a book anymore. You get half the sentence on one page and half on the next. The books are no longer fully justified.

01-22-2010, 11:59 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The Adobe Digital Editions software on the 500/505 does not currently support full justification. That's a shortcoming of the Sony, not of the ePub standard - all other ePub devices support full justification. Given that Sony's newest reader, the PRS-900, does support full justification, there is a reasonable likelihood of a firmware update to address the issue. I'm not sure what you mean about "half a sentence being on one page and half on another" - can you clarify? The Sony does have widow and orphan control for ePub files, so it won't generally start a sentence on one page if only one line of it will fit on a page.

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