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Old 11-11-2007, 05:38 AM   #181
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Angry Trouble with TOC

Although this is only my 3rd conversion, I was following the tutorial posted on 1st page. The first 2 conversions worked fine, but I simply can't figure out what's wrong with my last attempt. I can't get the TOC to work properly - usually (in reader and also in eBook Library) only some titles get "hotlinked" and it seems that only the first letter is linked. Could someone have a look? It's driving me crazy.

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Old 11-12-2007, 05:21 AM   #182
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I have not looked at your example, I am not that good to find a problem anyway, but I might venture to suggest you to do the following:
Go to: Makes eBooks -> Sony Reader -> options
On the right hand side of the options window there is a column named: misc
in the column you have to make sure that option "toc" is ticked (most likely it is) and in a drop-down menu next to the option "toc" you have to choose FULL (you probably have "short").
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Old 11-12-2007, 06:49 AM   #183
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So I create my masterpiece. Before converting it over, I save the file using the save as command in BD. I close everything up. Later on tho, I decide to change this or that and pull up my saved copy. What a mess! The picture is gone, the title is usually screwed up, my CAPITAL LETTERS text are now back to titles, and the entire text comes out as one big paragraph!
The only workaround I have found is to use Word to back it up. Copy and Paste the picture, then ALL of the text. Save this file. When I want to restore it, I open a blank copy of BD, type one letter then paste the whole word file back into BD. Still needs some work, but WAY better than anything else I have found.
Am I saving it wrong or something? What I am really looking for is to get the file back in JUST AS I HAD LEFT IT! No way, no how so far. Using Vista...
I am using Windows XP Pro and I can same the HTML0 file and load it back in without a problem. Are you saving the HTML0 file before you close Book Designer?
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Old 11-12-2007, 10:19 AM   #184
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After doing about 25 E-Book conversions to the SONY Reader lrf format, I have found that there are some REALLY BAD conversions out there! Here are things that I expect in a decent conversion:
1. The title should be the last name, first name dash and then the title.
2. Example: Verne, Jules – From the Earth to the Moon.lrf
3. Try to find the BEST copy of the book for conversion. A really good LIT or PDF file can make the conversion happen in less than 10 minutes. A really bad copy can take 4-5 hours.
4. All empty paragraphs (blank lines) that are not needed may be removed (my personal preference is not to have them there). This is easily done in BD by the element browser under blank paragraphs ( group delete). Nice to have a blank line under titles tho.
5. The table of contents should WORK in the finished book. There should also be no erroneous titles due to something being in all caps. Those “bonus” titles should be selected at then Alt-P to make them into a paragraph. The same with sub title. Element tab is your friend! Use it!
6. Italics should be done as there are in the book! BD sometimes will convert the italics into regular print. The worse case is to have to pull up the original copy of the book and FIND the italics and convert them over in the BD file. Can be very time consuming but once it’s done, it’s done!
7. Authors usually include a space between scenes in the book. These should be included in the book! BD can end up removing them. Sometimes Capital letters give them away. Otherwise, you again need to go to the original text and see if you can find them. The edit-find/replace can get you there pretty quickly. Elements show broken sentences which can also point them out.
8. There can be a LOT of garbage at the beginning of the book. Either delete it or put it at the end of the book. I don’t think the entire Gutenberg spiel needs to be in the front.
9. The absolutely hardest part of finishing a book is when there is spelling and grammatical errors in the book. Copying the text to MS Word and doing a spell check can be the easiest way to eliminate most of the obvious ones, but BD can really put in some zingers. The only true way is to proof read the entire book. The absolute WORST part of finishing a book. A GOOD copy of a .lit file or PDF file will eliminate almost all of these errors.
10. Pictures are optional! Only there for a second. If it works, then fine, otherwise don’t sweat it. Plenty of info on the web if you are thinking of reading the book.
11. The last step is page through the book in the SONY e-book library. Look at the table of contents. Page through the book to see if there are any obvoius errors. Fix them up and try again.
When all done, your book will be worthy of publication and a source of pride. My biggest concerns: How well will the SONY reader sell? Will it ever have a .lit option? and how do I get my masterpieces into others hands? (like with AndyAfro’s torrent for example).
Totally my two cents worth! I just hate to struggle through a slap dash conversion on such a terrific reader. I simply cannot read the small print in a paperback or hold a hard cover book any more.
My question is - what do you use for your conversion - BD? I need help. My understanding is that BD is to convert books from HTML. How do I get pdf files to HTML? Do I use a converter to do that and then convert again using BD. I fear a big mess.
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Old 11-12-2007, 10:23 AM   #185
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BD can covert to LRF from many different file formats.
HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC, LIT, FB2....pdf as well but it looses all formating such as italics.
If you want to conver PDF to LRF via BD you have got to open in Adobe Pro save it as HTML v4, then load html to BD.
Or use some pdf to HTML/RTF converter, but from my experience they are worse than Adobe Pro., which is far from perfect as well....
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Thank you. What version of Adobe should be used?
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Thank you. What version of Adobe should be used?
First of all, I would like to emphasize that it should be Adobe Acrobat Professional.
The latest version is 8. You can use 7 as well.
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Old 11-12-2007, 11:33 AM   #188
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I just checked out the prices for Adobe Professional - to much. Any other suggestions? I have been reading about pdflrf - but it seems as if it would be be very difficult for me to do - very technical. Have you tried it?

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Old 11-12-2007, 12:02 PM   #189
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After doing about 25 E-Book conversions to the SONY Reader lrf format, I have found that there are some REALLY BAD conversions out there! Here are things that I expect in a decent conversion:
1. The title should be the last name, first name dash and then the title. Example: Verne, Jules – From the Earth to the Moon.lrf
I agree with most of your points, John, but I'm afraid I strongly disagree with this one. The Reader allows one to list books either by title or by author. It completely defeats the "List by Title" operation if one includes the author's name in the title.

Author and title are separate items of "metadata" in the file.
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Old 11-12-2007, 12:04 PM   #190
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Yes, I tried it. Actually, from a tech point of view it is even easier. I tried it using all defaults and it works very well. the only problem is that I don't like the output file...it is like a collections of pics of individuals pages. Cannot change font size and a few other isses. As a last resort maybe, otherwise I don't like it. But the program is superb.
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Old 11-12-2007, 12:10 PM   #191
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I actually find that pdftohtml does a better job than acrobat.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:19 PM   #192
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I actually find that pdftohtml does a better job than acrobat.
I have not tried it. But it is free, so it definitely worth to try out.
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The SONY book reader pulls name and title from book..

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I agree with most of your points, John, but I'm afraid I strongly disagree with this one. The Reader allows one to list books either by title or by author. It completely defeats the "List by Title" operation if one includes the author's name in the title.

Author and title are separate items of "metadata" in the file.
The titles and authors are set up INSIDE the book. Reader could give a hoot about what you call the file. You can name it razzametaz.lrf and "From the Earth to the Moon" will still be the Title. Now BD DOES try to name the book for you when you select the convert but you can change that name to anything you want.
LOT easier to organize books if they are set up the same way. Now I have Fiction books A-Z set up by Author with folders for HTM, PDF, LIT, LRF, DOC, RTF, and TXT. Searches also will work fine for the title or the author.
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The titles and authors are set up INSIDE the book. Reader could give a hoot about what you call the file. You can name it razzametaz.lrf and "From the Earth to the Moon" will still be the Title.
Yes, that's very true, but you said:

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1. The title should be the last name, first name dash and then the title. Example: Verne, Jules – From the Earth to the Moon.lrf
If you actually meant that the FILE NAME should include both the author's name and the book title, then I have some sympathy with your suggestion. The file name is not, however, the title, as you point out yourself.

Personally I just name my files to be the book's title, and I store them on my hard disk in a directory structure which reflects the author. I have one folder per book, and store all the files (the original source file, the BD "LastFile" folder, and the converted files) in that folder.

Eg, in this case I'd have a folder "Verne, Jules". Within that I have a folder for each of Verne's books - "From the Earth to the Moon" in this case, and then within that folder I have all the files for that book.
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I always add author's name to file name of a book that I either create myself or download here. Just like that
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