ABC Amber Converter for Sony To Be Released Soon - Page 3

NatCh · 06-07-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

As NatCh would say, "Have patience Grasshopper."

Dag-nabbit, you done took the words right out of my mouth -- and I didn't feel a thing!

At the very least, this means that BBeB is no longer a "dead-end" format. That's no bad thing, especially for a free tool. Where he goes from here is an interesting next question.

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Originally Posted by sic

I was really hopig they do converter the other way 'round, something that can create proper .lrs/.lrf files.

But ... we already have several very nice apps that do exactly that: BookDesigner, html2lrf, pie2lrf, etc. (I'm not leaving any off deliberately, I just can't remember them all off-hand

) This is the only app (so far as I know) that goes the other direction. I think it's a big big deal for that alone.

kovidgoyal · 06-07-2007, 03:45 AM

Umm there's already lrf2lrs and then you can write a simple xslt stylesheet to convert the LRS into whatever format you want.

HarryT · 06-07-2007, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sic

guys, why would anyone want this converter?
I was really hopig they do converter the other way 'round, something that can create proper .lrs/.lrf files.

I'm kind of disappointed and surprised at the same time...

I don't want to say "I told you so" but, well, I did

.

JSWolf · 06-07-2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

That is correct. All graphics are currently removed from the text in version 1.05.

Is this something that is going to be fixed in a future release?

RWood · 06-07-2007, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is this something that is going to be fixed in a future release?

From the emails I have received, graphics will be in a future version.

JSWolf · 06-07-2007, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

From the emails I have received, graphics will be in a future version.

Well, I just sent out email asking about graphics support. I'll post when I get an answer.

NatCh · 06-07-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Umm there's already lrf2lrs and then you can write a simple xslt stylesheet to convert the LRS into whatever format you want.

Whew, I'm glad I pre-admitted my ignorance on that one.

Thanks, kovidgoyal, for learnin' me.

Okay, it's less of a big deal than I originally thought, but still....

RWood · 06-07-2007, 11:13 AM

From an email today:

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Wood,
The next version of Amber for LRF Converter will extract graphics. ...
Best regards,
Yernar Shambayev (ProcessText Group)

NatCh · 06-07-2007, 11:51 AM

That guy rocks.

JSWolf · 06-07-2007, 12:55 PM

And from an email I received today...

Yes, I'll try to add graphics support.

jimmyzou · 06-11-2007, 12:14 AM

Where can we get it?
I went the website, can not read....

NatCh · 06-11-2007, 12:33 AM

Here's a direct link to the specific page, jimmyzou: http://www.processtext.com/abcsonylrf.html

Fitzwaryn · 06-11-2007, 07:47 AM

Yes it is a big deal.

As it is right now when I convert to lrf using Book Designer I still have to maintain the original version of the file on disk in case I need to create an IMP version for my girlfriend or if a new Reader comes out from some other company that I switch to from the Reader and have to use some other destination format.

Having a book in a dead-end format that I can't extract anything from means there's no point at all in even keeping a copy of the LRF once it's copied to the Reader. Copy it to the Reader then delete it from disk and just keep the original source file in whatever format it was in. Makes lrf nothing more than a transitional format for moving books to the Reader and NOT a format in which a book can be stored.

So, a movement towards being able to extract a book FROM lrf format is a pretty significant move at least for me and, I suspect, for others as well.

HarryT · 06-11-2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Fitzwaryn

Yes it is a big deal.

As it is right now when I convert to lrf using Book Designer I still have to maintain the original version of the file on disk in case I need to create an IMP version for my girlfriend or if a new Reader comes out from some other company that I switch to from the Reader and have to use some other destination format.

Surely you'd keep the BD ".html0" version anyway, wouldn't you, in case you needed to make some subsequent changes to the book? The whole point of BD is that you can generate multiple output formats from the same source!

rwsimon · 06-11-2007, 01:45 PM

I'm a new Sony Reader owner and am trying to get the lay of the land with respect to content. Apart from the stuff on the Connect website, it appears that other formats out there can be converted to LRF. However, the various threads I've tried to follow here either lead me to some website in Russian or to blithe remarks about writing my own code, running various scripts or otherwise highly non-plug-and-play activities. Is there a way to do this that is relatively straightforward to folks who just use software but don't create it? I bet the answer is here somewhere, but there is an awful lot of chatter to plow through. Can somebody provide an update? Thanks.

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06-07-2007, 03:45 AM	#32
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Umm there's already lrf2lrs and then you can write a simple xslt stylesheet to convert the LRS into whatever format you want.

06-07-2007, 11:51 AM	#39
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	That guy rocks.

06-07-2007, 12:55 PM	#40
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,841 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	And from an email I received today... Yes, I'll try to add graphics support.

06-11-2007, 12:14 AM	#41
jimmyzou Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 11 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Montreal Device: Sony Reader; Kobo; Nook color	Where can we get it? I went the website, can not read....

06-11-2007, 12:33 AM	#42
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Here's a direct link to the specific page, jimmyzou: http://www.processtext.com/abcsonylrf.html

06-11-2007, 07:47 AM	#43
Fitzwaryn Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 395 Join Date: Jul 2006	Yes it is a big deal. As it is right now when I convert to lrf using Book Designer I still have to maintain the original version of the file on disk in case I need to create an IMP version for my girlfriend or if a new Reader comes out from some other company that I switch to from the Reader and have to use some other destination format. Having a book in a dead-end format that I can't extract anything from means there's no point at all in even keeping a copy of the LRF once it's copied to the Reader. Copy it to the Reader then delete it from disk and just keep the original source file in whatever format it was in. Makes lrf nothing more than a transitional format for moving books to the Reader and NOT a format in which a book can be stored. So, a movement towards being able to extract a book FROM lrf format is a pretty significant move at least for me and, I suspect, for others as well.

06-11-2007, 01:45 PM	#45
rwsimon Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 288 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Upstate New York Device: 2 Sony PRS-500s, iPad	I'm a new Sony Reader owner and am trying to get the lay of the land with respect to content. Apart from the stuff on the Connect website, it appears that other formats out there can be converted to LRF. However, the various threads I've tried to follow here either lead me to some website in Russian or to blithe remarks about writing my own code, running various scripts or otherwise highly non-plug-and-play activities. Is there a way to do this that is relatively straightforward to folks who just use software but don't create it? I bet the answer is here somewhere, but there is an awful lot of chatter to plow through. Can somebody provide an update? Thanks.