Best format/reader for iPhone

bhuvana786 · 10-10-2009, 01:53 AM

I want to create ebooks, which needs to be read in iPhone. The input for ebooks would be pdf. The layout of the output ebook should match the input pdf.

I'm planning to converting this input (PDF) to ePub either through stanza or calibre or manually. The ultimate ePub would be checked through Stanza or Calibre against input pdf for the layouts. Any layout (font size, mergining images in between paragraph, tables, space before and after headings etc.,) mismatch will be fixed in the epub based on the pdf.

My question here is:
Whether the format (layout) fixed in the ePub based on the Stanza desktop or Calibre reader view will have same impact(view) in the iPhone?

I guess iPhone contains stanza reader and hence it will have the view similar to Stanza desktop reader.

Terisa de morgan · 10-10-2009, 03:14 AM

No similar, no. The books I have look awful at the desktop but good at the iPhone, perhaps you've to "play" with the desktop to obtain a similar look.

bhuvana786 · 10-10-2009, 03:31 AM

Thanks for the reply!

I am sure iPhone supports ePub. What are all the other possible formats supported by iPhone?

Terisa de morgan · 10-10-2009, 12:44 PM

Well, I think it supports ereader too. Fictionwise sends the books in that format, and I believe B&N too.

andym · 10-10-2009, 03:55 PM

I'm a bit confused: if you want something that exactly matches the layout of the pdf why not just read the pdf with GoodReader?

kjk · 10-11-2009, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhuvana786

I guess iPhone contains stanza reader and hence it will have the view similar to Stanza desktop reader.

Stanza's iPhone reader shows more formatting than Stanza's desktop reader-you can't really compare the two at this point.

10-10-2009, 01:53 AM	#1
bhuvana786 Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle	Best format/reader for iPhone I want to create ebooks, which needs to be read in iPhone. The input for ebooks would be pdf. The layout of the output ebook should match the input pdf. I'm planning to converting this input (PDF) to ePub either through stanza or calibre or manually. The ultimate ePub would be checked through Stanza or Calibre against input pdf for the layouts. Any layout (font size, mergining images in between paragraph, tables, space before and after headings etc.,) mismatch will be fixed in the epub based on the pdf. My question here is: Whether the format (layout) fixed in the ePub based on the Stanza desktop or Calibre reader view will have same impact(view) in the iPhone? I guess iPhone contains stanza reader and hence it will have the view similar to Stanza desktop reader.

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10-10-2009, 03:14 AM	#2
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,233 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	No similar, no. The books I have look awful at the desktop but good at the iPhone, perhaps you've to "play" with the desktop to obtain a similar look.

10-10-2009, 03:31 AM	#3
bhuvana786 Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle	Thanks for the reply! I am sure iPhone supports ePub. What are all the other possible formats supported by iPhone?

10-10-2009, 12:44 PM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,233 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Well, I think it supports ereader too. Fictionwise sends the books in that format, and I believe B&N too.

10-10-2009, 03:55 PM	#5
andym Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 793 Join Date: Oct 2006	I'm a bit confused: if you want something that exactly matches the layout of the pdf why not just read the pdf with GoodReader?