Get "Infected" by Scott Sigler - Page 2

JSWolf · 03-28-2008, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ervserver

I opened it with Foxit Reader Pro then saved it as a text file, works great

Of course you do know you've lost all the italics that way.

Donnageddon · 03-28-2008, 03:17 AM

I downloaded Mr. Sigler's book, because I want to support ebook awareness and commerce. But I am again disappointed that what would seem to be a great advertisement for an author is hijacked by sloppy delivery.

Because the PDF is formatted with "Kluge" it makes it difficult to transfer to a reader, and since it is an author I am not familiar with, I am unlikely to do the difficult clean-up necessary to make it readable. And if the publishers believe that reading a book from a computer screen is what "digital books" is all about, they are making a mistake.

Perhaps the publishers do feel that digital reading is not something that can work, and by releasing the book as a difficult to deal with PDF, they are just assuring that it will fail.

I would almost prefer they release a couple of chapters in a more ebook friendly fashion. If the format were more user friendly, then we could at least read the "teaser" chapters easily and decide if it were worth the money to buy the whole book. which would then could be released even with dreaded DRM, but in multiple formats for all reader hardware.

plantedbypiggies · 03-28-2008, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

I downloaded Mr. Sigler's book, because I want to support ebook awareness and commerce. But I am again disappointed that what would seem to be a great advertisement for an author is hijacked by sloppy delivery.

Because the PDF is formatted with "Kluge" it makes it difficult to transfer to a reader, and since it is an author I am not familiar with, I am unlikely to do the difficult clean-up necessary to make it readable. And if the publishers believe that reading a book from a computer screen is what "digital books" is all about, they are making a mistake.

Perhaps the publishers do feel that digital reading is not something that can work, and by releasing the book as a difficult to deal with PDF, they are just assuring that it will fail.

I would almost prefer they release a couple of chapters in a more ebook friendly fashion. If the format were more user friendly, then we could at least read the "teaser" chapters easily and decide if it were worth the money to buy the whole book. which would then could be released even with dreaded DRM, but in multiple formats for all reader hardware.

Scott Sigler is one of the first people who released their fiction as podcast novels. Right now, he's currently podcasting this version of Infected. So, you can go and listen to the novel as he releases chapters at podiobooks.com.

I know it's not an e-book solution, but it will at least let you sample the book and decide if it's worth a shot.

JSWolf · 03-28-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

I downloaded Mr. Sigler's book, because I want to support ebook awareness and commerce. But I am again disappointed that what would seem to be a great advertisement for an author is hijacked by sloppy delivery.

Because the PDF is formatted with "Kluge" it makes it difficult to transfer to a reader, and since it is an author I am not familiar with, I am unlikely to do the difficult clean-up necessary to make it readable. And if the publishers believe that reading a book from a computer screen is what "digital books" is all about, they are making a mistake.

Perhaps the publishers do feel that digital reading is not something that can work, and by releasing the book as a difficult to deal with PDF, they are just assuring that it will fail.

I would almost prefer they release a couple of chapters in a more ebook friendly fashion. If the format were more user friendly, then we could at least read the "teaser" chapters easily and decide if it were worth the money to buy the whole book. which would then could be released even with dreaded DRM, but in multiple formats for all reader hardware.

I've managed to clean up most of the kludge in the PDF after i converted it to HTML and then loaded it into Book Designer. Not that hard. Now I just will go through the PDF and see if there is any special formatting I need t deal with and I should hopefully be done.

yvanleterrible · 03-28-2008, 03:23 PM

I've been a fan of Scott Sigler's podiobooks for two years now. Even though they are "Horror stories" his way of reading them lestens the drama in such a way that it sometimes becomes funny. I would not read those stories but listening to them is very entertaining, especially while in the woodshop.

Donnageddon · 03-28-2008, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plantedbypiggies

Scott Sigler is one of the first people who released their fiction as podcast novels. Right now, he's currently podcasting this version of Infected. So, you can go and listen to the novel as he releases chapters at podiobooks.com.

I know it's not an e-book solution, but it will at least let you sample the book and decide if it's worth a shot.

Thanks, plantedbypiggies, I will give that a try.

Donnageddon · 03-28-2008, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've managed to clean up most of the kludge in the PDF after i converted it to HTML and then loaded it into Book Designer. Not that hard. Now I just will go through the PDF and see if there is any special formatting I need t deal with and I should hopefully be done.

I may try that this weekend. I am a n00bi3 at Book Designer, and this might be a good opportunity to gain some skilz.

Luke_Y · 03-28-2008, 09:29 PM

Anyone have a nice clean lrf conversion of this? I downloaded it from the link but I'm on a MAC and am limited to libprs for conversion. I can't get it without all the isbn and author info at the top of every page along with some poor formatting and page break issues.

zara · 03-29-2008, 10:23 AM

podcasts -> great for the gym! thx for the heads up.

plantedbypiggies · 03-29-2008, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Thanks, plantedbypiggies, I will give that a try.

Yeah, no problem. I hope you enjoy it!

JSWolf · 03-29-2008, 10:51 AM

I'll be attempting to convert to LRF maybe on Monday or Tuesday. I cannot guarantee a perfect conversion. Not until it's been fully read. But I did fix all the fi and fl issues and that's good. The only other issues left I think would be broken paragraphs. I'll post an Obelisk diff once I have one to post and all you'll need is the PDF, Python, and the attached ZIP file.

Irfan9727 · 03-30-2008, 10:03 PM

Start downloading....
Oh no! BAD Connection!

cmbs · 04-02-2008, 05:50 PM

Passing along modified versions of this book would be copyright infringment.

Notice in pdf file:
Copyright © 2008 by Scott Sigler All rights reserved.

And you can read in the first post of this thread that the author requests that you don't even spread the pdf file, and instead send your friends to download it from the publisher.

I LOVE that it's a mobile read moderator who is talking about spreading the file illegally. You going to post it here too? Tell me again about how much you people respect the law, and even more so, how much you respect this author and appreciate that he gave you the book for free.

JSWolf · 04-02-2008, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmbs

Passing along modified versions of this book would be copyright infringment.

Notice in pdf file:
Copyright © 2008 by Scott Sigler All rights reserved.

And you can read in the first post of this thread that the author requests that you don't even spread the pdf file, and instead send your friends to download it from the publisher.

I LOVE that it's a mobile read moderator who is talking about spreading the file illegally. You going to post it here too? Tell me again about how much you people respect the law, and even more so, how much you respect this author and appreciate that he gave you the book for free.

Nope, it's NOT illegal. It's a diff file. You need to already have the original PDF in order to use the diff file. Without having the original PDF, it won't be of any use. It's perfectly legal.

If you want to know more about it, search for Obelisk.

cmbs · 04-02-2008, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Nope, it's NOT illegal. It's a diff file. You need to already have the original PDF in order to use the diff file. Without having the original PDF, it won't be of any use. It's perfectly legal.

If you want to know more about it, search for Obelisk.

Ok, if you're not talking about passing around a modified version of the book, then you're right, it's not illegal. I misunderstood.

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03-28-2008, 03:17 AM	#17
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	I downloaded Mr. Sigler's book, because I want to support ebook awareness and commerce. But I am again disappointed that what would seem to be a great advertisement for an author is hijacked by sloppy delivery. Because the PDF is formatted with "Kluge" it makes it difficult to transfer to a reader, and since it is an author I am not familiar with, I am unlikely to do the difficult clean-up necessary to make it readable. And if the publishers believe that reading a book from a computer screen is what "digital books" is all about, they are making a mistake. Perhaps the publishers do feel that digital reading is not something that can work, and by releasing the book as a difficult to deal with PDF, they are just assuring that it will fail. I would almost prefer they release a couple of chapters in a more ebook friendly fashion. If the format were more user friendly, then we could at least read the "teaser" chapters easily and decide if it were worth the money to buy the whole book. which would then could be released even with dreaded DRM, but in multiple formats for all reader hardware.

03-28-2008, 03:23 PM	#20
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I've been a fan of Scott Sigler's podiobooks for two years now. Even though they are "Horror stories" his way of reading them lestens the drama in such a way that it sometimes becomes funny. I would not read those stories but listening to them is very entertaining, especially while in the woodshop.

03-28-2008, 09:29 PM	#23
Luke_Y Member Posts: 11 Karma: 3838 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS-500, Kindle KB	Anyone have a nice clean lrf conversion of this? I downloaded it from the link but I'm on a MAC and am limited to libprs for conversion. I can't get it without all the isbn and author info at the top of every page along with some poor formatting and page break issues.

03-29-2008, 10:23 AM	#24
zara Member Posts: 19 Karma: 5026 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: palm tx	podcasts -> great for the gym! thx for the heads up.

03-29-2008, 10:51 AM	#26
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'll be attempting to convert to LRF maybe on Monday or Tuesday. I cannot guarantee a perfect conversion. Not until it's been fully read. But I did fix all the fi and fl issues and that's good. The only other issues left I think would be broken paragraphs. I'll post an Obelisk diff once I have one to post and all you'll need is the PDF, Python, and the attached ZIP file.

03-30-2008, 10:03 PM	#27
Irfan9727 Wanderer Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Malang, Indonesia Device: Nokia N73	Start downloading.... Oh no! BAD Connection!

04-02-2008, 05:50 PM	#28
cmbs non-believer Posts: 384 Karma: 713 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: Cybook Gen 3, JetBook Lite	Passing along modified versions of this book would be copyright infringment. Notice in pdf file: Copyright © 2008 by Scott Sigler All rights reserved. And you can read in the first post of this thread that the author requests that you don't even spread the pdf file, and instead send your friends to download it from the publisher. I LOVE that it's a mobile read moderator who is talking about spreading the file illegally. You going to post it here too? Tell me again about how much you people respect the law, and even more so, how much you respect this author and appreciate that he gave you the book for free.

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