07-25-2008, 01:12 PM | #1 |
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CIA: World Factbook
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I wanted to try out the epub format with the new prs505 firmware. To see how well it handles big files i converted the CIA World Factbook to epub format with a bit of quick and dirty text editing. I used this guide to create the epub file http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10...epub-creation/ and used this to convert the Website to xhtml http://www.it.uc3m.es/jaf/html2xhtml/ It might not be perfect but good enough to use it. Its much faster than the pdf version that i used before. p.s. are we gonna have a seperate epub section? Updated 02.08.2008 Cleanup and Multi level Toc Updated 18.08.2008 added Flags made xhtml 1.1 compliant Cleanup This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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07-25-2008, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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Why the thumbs down icon? This is awesome!
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07-25-2008, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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didnt realise i clicked it
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07-26-2008, 03:54 AM | #4 |
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Not sure why, but the pages end off screen to the right for me. Even at the smallest font. Even in portrait orientation.
Looks like a great portable resource, but I can't get it to function correctly. Just some friendly feedback. |
07-26-2008, 04:33 AM | #5 |
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Yes that seems to only happen in the geography section.
Firefox always renders that section correctly only in Adobe DE and on the reader is that section sometimes shifted to the right. On thing i also found is that if one table field entry is to big to be rendered on one page, if you scroll Adobe DE and the reader will not show the rest of the field. |
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07-26-2008, 12:22 PM | #6 |
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Yes, please - a new EPUB section will be needed - - -
And, while you are at it, I would like to see a RTF section as well, since it is really a "universal" format - rather than a misc. (read: "oddball") format. |
07-26-2008, 12:23 PM | #7 |
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I read somewhere that the new firmware allows you to scroll. Is this something new and different - or just the limited capability of the previous firmware?
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07-28-2008, 12:47 PM | #8 |
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This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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Thx MishaS
i made some cleanup. The "same target" error from the TOC is supposed to be that way. Isnt it allowed to have multible Entries linking to the same Point? However i cant work out the problem with the "I/O error reading OEBPS/countrylisting.xhtml". i made the zip according to the spec with zip -Xr9D cwfb.epub mimetype * |
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Thanks Mishas
The Problem was indeed the xhtml beein in version 1.0. I converted the Paged to xhtml 1.1. Unfortunately in the conversoin process some layout information got lost due to xhtml 1.1 restrictions. I tried to recreate them in css. Adobed DE behaviour regarding CSS entries it cant understand is a bit harsh. If such a file is encountered the entire CSS gets ignored. That might be something worth while adding to the epubcheck. The bug with Text beeing cut in a Table cell, if there is more text that can be displayed on one page seems to be a bug in Adobe DE. Nothing i can do here. |
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One more thing i came across.
Adobe DE does not support Text align: Justify. The Epub standard does specify support for it. I really hope that they add this soon because it makes books look so much neater. |
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