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Dave Berk · 02-15-2008, 05:07 AM

Thanks

Ortep · 02-15-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by simple dave

Thanks, Ortep. Do you know if there's a way to keep it as html file? (without the final step of exporting it to prc)

It already was mentioned: It is in the My Publications directory in My Documents. You can edit the html if you want to make changes. You can also double click on the opf file. It will open your project in MobiCreator and you can make changes there. Things like modify the cover page, the author, the title etc. If you select 'build' again all those changes are inside the prc file. If you have MobiReader installed you can see how your book is looking without transfering it to your reader

TallMomof2 · 02-15-2008, 08:08 AM

I sent the book to the Kindle conversion just to see how well it works.

JSWolf · 02-15-2008, 09:00 AM

Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

Liviu_5 · 02-15-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

As we know, pdf is the "default" format for e-books for anyone not into them. Though this one converts fast and nicely with mobipocket creator, and I presume with other tools also.

curtw · 02-15-2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

Actually, it looks pretty good on my Reader as-is, in PDF. The book is formatted for a 4.4 x 7 inch page, so it's only reduced a little bit. I went to medium size, and the font size seems perfect. I just lose a little contrast.

Give it a try!

(Dennis, is this enough to convince you that I don't spend all of my time complaining?)

slayda · 02-15-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

What do they say about a "gift" horse? Be thankful - it's free!

rhadin · 02-15-2008, 09:59 AM

I downloaded my copy this morning and didn't even think to try it as is on my Reader. Right now I'm in the process of converting it using Rasterfarian 2.5, but it is taking a long time to do so. One of the reasons I didn't think to try as is on the Reader is that every time I have tried that, the font has been abysmally small for my old eyes and not easily enlarged. I have to say that in the normal course of events, I really like using Kovid's libprs500 to put books in Sony format because I can choose the base font size.

AnemicOak · 02-15-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

What do they say about a "gift" horse? Be thankful - it's free!

This is true, but at the same time I wish there was an easy way to give feedback on the files. I wouldn't really expect Sony files or anything, but I'm kinda surprised they aren't offering it in the four somewhat standard formats that everyone else offers (lit, pdf, Mobi & eReader).

That said I'm glad they're doing something & would love to see them hit the ebook market full force. Tor has many books I want to be able to buy. I just hope they handle things differently than MacMillan (they're parent company) has handled ebook releases for some of their other "labels".

TallMomof2 · 02-15-2008, 10:29 AM

It converted fine via the Amazon service, lost the cover but everything else seems to be there.

tsgreer · 02-15-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

Well it is free, and basically everyone can open a .pdf and start reading right away on their computer. Nerds like us love/hate different formats, but the fact of the matter is that everyone knows how to read a .pdf. You are correct that it's not the best format, but it's probably the next best thing to just a straight .txt file.

I'm happy with it. I just converted it to kindle format and it's ready to read.

JSWolf · 02-15-2008, 10:56 AM

I did try a conversion using Mobipocker Creator and it looks like I might need to move the resulting HTML into Book Designer to clean it up some and add the ToC.

gwynevans · 02-15-2008, 12:43 PM

I did the same & found that it seemed to drop a certain sequences of chars, so "fly" became, "y", "flat" became "at", "field" became "eld", etc - Odd...

nekokami · 02-15-2008, 01:15 PM

Those are character pairs that "kern" together in some fonts (are replaced by special combined characters). Has anyone tried pdftohtml yet? I got my email but haven't had time to download and test conversion.

JSWolf · 02-15-2008, 01:18 PM

Before you load the HTML into Book Designer,set the language to german and try again.

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02-15-2008, 05:07 AM	#46
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Thanks

02-15-2008, 08:08 AM	#48
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I sent the book to the Kindle conversion just to see how well it works.

02-15-2008, 09:00 AM	#49
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,998 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Why the hell did Tor have to send us PDF? The worst format out there and they choose that. Tor is not earning any brownie points for this.

02-15-2008, 09:59 AM	#53
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	I downloaded my copy this morning and didn't even think to try it as is on my Reader. Right now I'm in the process of converting it using Rasterfarian 2.5, but it is taking a long time to do so. One of the reasons I didn't think to try as is on the Reader is that every time I have tried that, the font has been abysmally small for my old eyes and not easily enlarged. I have to say that in the normal course of events, I really like using Kovid's libprs500 to put books in Sony format because I can choose the base font size.

02-15-2008, 10:29 AM	#55
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	It converted fine via the Amazon service, lost the cover but everything else seems to be there.

02-15-2008, 10:56 AM	#57
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,998 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I did try a conversion using Mobipocker Creator and it looks like I might need to move the resulting HTML into Book Designer to clean it up some and add the ToC.

02-15-2008, 12:43 PM	#58
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	I did the same & found that it seemed to drop a certain sequences of chars, so "fly" became, "y", "flat" became "at", "field" became "eld", etc - Odd...

02-15-2008, 01:15 PM	#59
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Those are character pairs that "kern" together in some fonts (are replaced by special combined characters). Has anyone tried pdftohtml yet? I got my email but haven't had time to download and test conversion.

02-15-2008, 01:18 PM	#60
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,998 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Before you load the HTML into Book Designer,set the language to german and try again.

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