My Content Creation Odyssey - Page 3

bingle · 10-25-2006, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michele

Thanks for the info, Bingle, but the TOC links or italics are stripped from the unsecure lit file where they do exist. Maybe it's an elements problem.

Edit: Clue: I noticed that the italicized text also disappears when I convert the same text from html to rtf. In html it has an <em> enclosing it (embedded?). Maybe someone knows more about this than I do, and it may be the same reason it disappears with BD.

Well, I've just realized that the text will get stripped of all formatting if you use the "very simple" option. So it's pretty useless to try to get it into BD that way.

However, as far as the links go, using VVV's earlier suggestion (manual editing via BookDesigner's "Notes and links" editor) works great. When you don't have too many things to deal with, manual editing of the notes isn't too bad. I've been experimenting some more with footnotes, and they work in the Connect software.

Of course, there's no way to make a complete book with links intact, so it's a moot point, I guess. I wish the Reader supported HTML, or that the BBeB format wasn't so fragile!

FangornUK · 10-25-2006, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingle

Yeah, I just realized this also (after converting a ton of books... grumble). The "very simple" mode strips out all formatting, even simple things like italics and bold :-( So perhaps LRF is not the way to go after all, at least currently. I am holding out hope for either a Reader-specific extension to BookDesigner or an official set of LRF tools from Sony.

I guess for now it's back to RTFs for me...

Why don't you use Librie Toolbar? It converts HTML nicely, keeps italics etc, supports links, doesn't have pagination issues and produces an LRF. I tried PDF for a while but I don't like the way the Sony Reader smooths out the fonts, BBeBs (LRFs) are the only way for me. Librie Toolbar isn't perfect but until we get a complete tool from Sony I think its the best for creating e-Books, for now, on the Sony Reader.

bingle · 10-25-2006, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FangornUK

Why don't you use Librie Toolbar? It converts HTML nicely, keeps italics etc, supports links, doesn't have pagination issues and produces an LRF. I tried PDF for a while but I don't like the way the Sony Reader smooths out the fonts, BBeBs (LRFs) are the only way for me. Librie Toolbar isn't perfect but until we get a complete tool from Sony I think its the best for creating e-Books, for now, on the Sony Reader.

Hmm, I tried it before and abandoned it for some reason. Now I'm not sure why... Perhaps because BookDesigner had fewer steps. (Most of the books I'm converting have been LIT files, so the Toolbar requires two conversions.)

But thanks for reminding me about it! I'll try it again.

valkyriesound · 10-25-2006, 01:38 PM

Dumb newbie question...

Where can I get this Libre toolbar?
It's not on my reader install disc....?

FangornUK · 10-25-2006, 02:07 PM

Links and tutorial are here http://www.sven.de/librie/Librie/AddonSoftware

Gameboy70 · 12-23-2006, 12:57 PM

Has anyone figured out how to get Librie Toolbar to display in IE7? I have it in IE6 on my laptop, and was about to upgrade. But when I installed Toolbar on IE7 at work, I don't see an option in the View menu or anywhere else to display it.

friendly · 12-23-2006, 02:55 PM

Hi,
I gave up converting PDFs with all sorts of programmes, as the results were not very pleasing. The most acceptable way I have found so far is the conversion with ABBY FineReader an OCR programme. I guess other OCR programmes can do the same. After the conversion the files are not perfect, but better - a least in my opinion - than the results from special converting programmes.
Friedhelm

Gameboy70 · 12-23-2006, 06:20 PM

Answered my own question: I just had to restart IE, then go to View | Toolbars | Toolbar for Librie.

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10-25-2006, 01:38 PM	#34
valkyriesound Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 108 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: LA,CA	Dumb newbie question... Where can I get this Libre toolbar? It's not on my reader install disc....?

10-25-2006, 02:07 PM	#35
FangornUK Addict Posts: 205 Karma: 317 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad, Kindle 3	Links and tutorial are here http://www.sven.de/librie/Librie/AddonSoftware

12-23-2006, 12:57 PM	#36
Gameboy70 Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1002150 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, 3rd Gen iPad	Has anyone figured out how to get Librie Toolbar to display in IE7? I have it in IE6 on my laptop, and was about to upgrade. But when I installed Toolbar on IE7 at work, I don't see an option in the View menu or anywhere else to display it.

12-23-2006, 02:55 PM	#37
friendly Banned Posts: 42 Karma: 25 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3 / iPad	Hi, I gave up converting PDFs with all sorts of programmes, as the results were not very pleasing. The most acceptable way I have found so far is the conversion with ABBY FineReader an OCR programme. I guess other OCR programmes can do the same. After the conversion the files are not perfect, but better - a least in my opinion - than the results from special converting programmes. Friedhelm

12-23-2006, 06:20 PM	#38
Gameboy70 Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1002150 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, 3rd Gen iPad	Answered my own question: I just had to restart IE, then go to View \| Toolbars \| Toolbar for Librie.