07-21-2009, 12:36 PM | #16 | |
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Of course PDF is an annoying format, but I bet 95% of Oprah's audience would be baffled and annoyed if it was in any other format. Geez, I can't believe I'm defending Ophrah! |
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07-21-2009, 12:49 PM | #17 |
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She's also giving away Sony 700s in her Summer Give-Away but I don't think the chosen format has anything to do with the Kindle being her favorite thing. She would know that Kindle owners can convert the pdf for use on their Kindles, people who win a Sony can read the PDF, and those without Kindles or Sonys can read the PDF on their computers. She's hitting all the bases.
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07-21-2009, 12:50 PM | #18 | |
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No. She isn't.
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07-21-2009, 12:57 PM | #20 |
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That's just your opinion. You have no idea about her fan base or how savvy they are about ebooks or anything. If they are savvy they will understand why she chose PDF (as I've described above). If they aren't they are just moving along with their lives and focusing on other things.
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07-21-2009, 01:14 PM | #21 | |
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So what if the Kindle is her new favorite toy. All I care about is that I can read the FREE ebook she's giving away. If it was a Kindle only format, I wouldn't be able to do that. I honestly don't care what reader she prefers, I care which reader I prefer and getting books I want on my reader is what matters to me. |
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07-21-2009, 01:36 PM | #22 | |
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07-21-2009, 07:02 PM | #24 | |
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The file info appears only once, in the title of the HTML page. I checked the conversion, it's almost perfect. Though a few pages numbers have tagged along, so if you want a perfect conversion you should crop the margin of the PDF first with a software like PDFill PDF Tools (to remove the page numbers). My guess is that other converters like ConvertDoc would works quite correctly too ; as alas the PDF conversion feature of Calibre is not as good as the rest of the software. As a rule I tend to convert first Pdf to doc or html before putting it through Calibre to generate my custom LRF. Here the links to these software (they are both free) : Mobipocket Creator PDFill PDF Tools Last edited by Faenad; 07-21-2009 at 07:12 PM. |
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Anything for Apple users to convert? |
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Darn... I missed it too.
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Mac users can use Calibre - but the PDF conversion is not very good. I tried it and the book was nearly unreadable, as every couple of paragraphs there was info about the header: title name, conversion info, page numbers every other page, etc. Too bad, as it's other conversion generally are fine.
The mobi conversion looked good (and it was easy to edit the html, add a TOC and create a book, in a matter of minutes). Perhaps you could run it in a windows emulator on your mac? |
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Doesn't anyone use software on a mac that converts? I guess I could sit at my windows computer, which I only do when I HAVE TO. What is the fastest and easiest software to use. I agree the book is a mess using Calibre. Thanks. |
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