Formatting comics for the Literati/LookBook?

curtw · 02-01-2011, 10:19 PM

Has anyone out there had any success? Everything I try results in parts of the images being cut off on sides, top/bottom, or both. It seems like there should be ab epub setting to "scale images to fit completely within the resolution of the display." Right?

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Update: the new version 0.7.44 of Calibre gives me the power to do this.

West Virginia · 02-07-2011, 02:48 AM

I had that trouble with the Slick that I never solved. I didn't have that with an Augen. Some devices fit to screen better than others.

Joe

george.talusan · 02-09-2011, 10:08 AM

I heard that if you use a CBZ or CBR instead of ePub then it might work.

nrapallo · 02-09-2011, 04:06 PM

I would suggest converting your comic ebooks (or .cbr / .cbz) to .pdf format, which usually scales better than just .jpg images within a .epub ebook. See my wiki post here under Niche_Uses about exploding a comic ebook into just it's images and then using img2pdf_v0.2 to easily combine them into a .pdf ebook.

For my LCD Reader ( Next1 ) that supports Adobe Mobile Edition 9, I can view .pdf ebooks in landscape mode and then select my zoom level to "Fit to Width". After reading the top portion of the page, I can scroll down with the arrow keys (it micro increments so it's best to hold down the arrow) until I reach the end of the page. Then a page button advance brings me to the top of the next page and repeat!

See this post to see what can be done when reading .pdf ebooks.

curtw · 02-12-2011, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

I would suggest converting your comic ebooks (or .cbr / .cbz) to .pdf format, which usually scales better than just .jpg images within a .epub ebook.

Thanks! PDF is much better! The conversion goes quicker (because Calibre isn't rescaling the images), the Literati shows the whole page, AND I can both zoom and switch to landscape mode for PDF (not available for epub). Karma to you!!!

(to george.talusan: they were already cbr/cbz. The Literati doesn't support these natively. I was converting to epub when I was experiencing the problem.)

02-01-2011, 10:19 PM	#1
curtw Outside of a dog Posts: 863 Karma: 4457646 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle Voyage	Formatting comics for the Literati/LookBook? Has anyone out there had any success? Everything I try results in parts of the images being cut off on sides, top/bottom, or both. It seems like there should be ab epub setting to "scale images to fit completely within the resolution of the display." Right? _____________-- Update: the new version 0.7.44 of Calibre gives me the power to do this. Last edited by curtw; 02-05-2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason: problem solved

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02-07-2011, 02:48 AM	#2
West Virginia Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 64718 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Augen The Book	I had that trouble with the Slick that I never solved. I didn't have that with an Augen. Some devices fit to screen better than others. Joe

02-09-2011, 10:08 AM	#3
george.talusan Kobo Developer Intern Posts: 84 Karma: 253043 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo	I heard that if you use a CBZ or CBR instead of ePub then it might work.

02-09-2011, 04:06 PM	#4
nrapallo GuteBook/Mobi2IMP Creator Posts: 2,958 Karma: 2530691 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: REB1200 EBW1150 Device: T1 NSTG iLiad_v2 NC Device: Asus_TF Next1 WPDN	I would suggest converting your comic ebooks (or .cbr / .cbz) to .pdf format, which usually scales better than just .jpg images within a .epub ebook. See my wiki post here under Niche_Uses about exploding a comic ebook into just it's images and then using img2pdf_v0.2 to easily combine them into a .pdf ebook. For my LCD Reader ( Next1 ) that supports Adobe Mobile Edition 9, I can view .pdf ebooks in landscape mode and then select my zoom level to "Fit to Width". After reading the top portion of the page, I can scroll down with the arrow keys (it micro increments so it's best to hold down the arrow) until I reach the end of the page. Then a page button advance brings me to the top of the next page and repeat! See this post to see what can be done when reading .pdf ebooks.