10-05-2007, 07:47 PM | #1 |
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Text format and how to use
I read somewhere that the Cybook Gen3 supports text. I read books on my palm from Gutenberg. Will I be able to do this with the Cybook Gen3.
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With the Cybook, you will be able to download formatted books from here in Mobipocket format. And yes, you can read the text and HTMl from PG.
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I haven't really experimented with the Font Family and Font Size options under HTML. Derek |
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Mobi handles text, but it does nothing "smart" with the line breaks, so you end up with breaks in funny places.
As a minimum, it's a good idea to use one of the many methods available to remove line breaks. HTML is a much better choice, if available. |
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The twenty thousand or so ebooks at the Gutenberg and Gutenberg Australia web sites are available in both text an HTML. Thank you for the response on this subject. Does the cybook use a sink cable or do you transfer books using the memory card.
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There are many PG books not available as HTML - especially the older ones. The ones which are being produced today are generally posted as both text and HTML.
The CyBook works on any modern o/s as a USB "mass storage device" via a sync cable. It also has an SD memory card slot. |
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Hi Derek,
As you may have read, the issue of SD cards has been discussed at length in the Sony Reader forum. Apparently, the way SD cards work changes above 2GB, and unless the device specifically supports the larger format, it may appear to work, but won't be able to access more than 2GB of data on the card. That's what happens on the Sony Reader - a 4GB card is recognised, but if you try to put more than 2GB of data on it, the files you add above 2GB don't show up. It's possible that the CyBook is the same, unless Bookeen specifically support the newer cards. |
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Are you sure it's a Sandisk? I ask because I'm pretty sure Sandisk only made SD cards up to 2GB. It seems to me anything bigger is either SDHC or it's a fake from ebay. Again, I'm not certain... but looking at Newegg's listing of SD Cards, I don't see anything over 2GB for regular SD cards from Sandisk. Even Sandisk's website doesn't show any 4GB SD cards. So here's hoping you're mistaken and you really do have an SDHC card. |
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Have you filled the card past 2gig and trying to access data past the 2gig mark?
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If I am remembering this correct the sd format reads in bites and the new format sdhc reads in sectors. there are a few four gig sd cards available. Sandisk goes to the sdhc after the two gig size. I would go to the brighthand forum and use the search. There is alot of discussion about this.
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From what I gather, it's cheaper to buy 2 2GIG SD cards then one 4GIG SD card. And then you don't have the compatibility hassle as well.
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