Mystery and Crime Drib, Dr. [Editor]: Dead Bodies Everywhere. v2. 20 Nov 08

[Dr. Drib]

CORRECTED in this version 2:

1) I discovered antialiasing and used this to smooth out all letters on the cover

2) In the pulps (I used to own thousands of them), the first few capital letters in a word(s) signified a break in the text. This was done for many reasons, most notably to break up the gray text into segments; but also, to signify time and scene breaks. (I've read a number of Ph.D Dissertations on the signifcance of breaks in a text.) Following that example, I hit the enter key where all capital letters occur within the text, thus retaining the time/scene breaks as the stories were originally printed in these old pulps.

3) A couple of typos. More will be discovered, of course.

PLEASE Download Version 2.

Now to the boring matter below:

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These stories were released under a Creative Commons License with a link to the stories here. There is additional acknowledgment AND a link again placed at the end of the book. All stories acquired from Munsey's; however, THIS ENTIRE BOOK WAS CREATED AND FORMATTED BY ME TO MY SPECIFICATIONS.

Additionally, every story was taken by Munsey's from Pulpgen.

Body on the Beach:
http://www.munseys.com/diskfive/bodbedex.htm

The Case of the Squealing Duck
http://www.munseys.com/book/24287/Ca...ling_Duck,_The

Claw of the Kidnapped Idol
http://www.munseys.com/book/24265/Cl...Kidnapped_Idol

Clip-Joint Chisellers
http://www.munseys.com/book/19465/Clip-Joint_Chisellers

Close to a Corpse
http://www.munseys.com/book/26489/Close_To_A_Corpse

Coffin Custodian
http://www.munseys.com/book/28385/Coffin_Custodian

Deadline For Murder
http://www.munseys.com/book/26661/Deadline_for_Murder

Death on Pine Street
http://www.munseys.com/book/14397/DEATH_ON_PINE_STREET

Dealer In Human Parts
http://www.munseys.com/book/24598/Dealer_In_Human_Parts

Dibble Dabbles In Death
http://www.munseys.com/book/24554/Di...bbles_In_Death

[End of boring material.]
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[desertgrandma]

I would jump on these in a heartbeat...if they were available in .prc format........

[JSWolf]

if you'd like to send me the html0, I'll make a PRC no problem.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

if you'd like to send me the html0, I'll make a PRC no problem.

This weekend (like tomorrow), I plan to start playing around with Mobipocket Creator. If I can't figure it out by the end of the day (or if I get frustrated), I'll give you first stab it and give you the html0 file -- with my thanks, as well.
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And desertgrandma, don't worry. Learning Mobipocket and making my assemblages available in both formats is now a primary objective that I have.

[Donnageddon]

Dr. D, I assume you are not using Bookdesigner for your LRF's? In the past I have created the LRF, prc and Imp files from the same BD file.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Dr. D, I assume you are not using Bookdesigner for your LRF's? In the past I have created the LRF, prc and Imp files from the same BD file.

I do use BD, except for (I think) one or two titles I assembled using Calibre.

I don't have a Reader for Mobipocket. How good (accurate) is the Mobipocket Reader when viewing on a computer?

Don

[Donnageddon]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I don't have a Reader for Mobipocket. How good (accurate) is the Mobipocket Reader when viewing on a computer?

Don

That I can't answer. I have a Kindle so I use that to confirm the prc formatting. And since I have an EB-1150, I use that to confirm the Imp formatting. (and of course a PRS 505 for the LRF formatting).

Perhaps another ebook creator can let you know how accurate Mobipocket reader is. If not I will check it out tonight after work.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

That I can't answer. I have a Kindle so I use that to confirm the prc formatting. And since I have an EB-1150, I use that to confirm the Imp formatting. (and of course a PRS 505 for the LRF formatting).

Perhaps another ebook creator can let you know how accurate Mobipocket reader is. If not I will check it out tonight after work.

Ok, thanks. Sounds good.

Don

[mtravellerh]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I do use BD, except for (I think) one or two titles I assembled using Calibre.

I don't have a Reader for Mobipocket. How good (accurate) is the Mobipocket Reader when viewing on a computer?

Don

Very good. There are some emulation viewers in Mobi Creator, too.
About the BD, I am not too sure, as I use my trusty Notetab to edit html files to feed Creator, sometimes aided by NVU. I think that , generally, you should be able to directly use those htmlO files if you rename them.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

Very good. There are some emulation viewers in Mobi Creator, too.
About the BD, I am not too sure, as I use my trusty Notetab to edit html files to feed Creator, sometimes aided by NVU. I think that , generally, you should be able to directly use those htmlO files if you rename them.

I'll look at all of that, my friend.

Thanks,
Don

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This weekend (like tomorrow), I plan to start playing around with Mobipocket Creator. If I can't figure it out by the end of the day (or if I get frustrated), I'll give you first stab it and give you the html0 file -- with my thanks, as well.
________________

And desertgrandma, don't worry. Learning Mobipocket and making my assemblages available in both formats is now a primary objective that I have.

hooray!!

[RWood]

Don:

I have found the PC version of Mobipocket viewer to be very good. It is better than the Mobi viewer for my cell phone (Samsung i500 running Palm OD 4.5.) It is my favorite reading software for reading on my PC.

I have used both Mobipocket generation from BookDesigner and also from Mobigen. Harry's tutorial on Mobigen is another one of his high-quality guides. It is worth every penny you pay for it and then some.

[=X=]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This weekend (like tomorrow), I plan to start playing around with Mobipocket Creator. If I can't figure it out by the end of the day (or if I get frustrated), I'll give you first stab it and give you the html0 file -- with my thanks, as well.

If you are still using BookCreator. MobiCreator does a bang up job at creating MOBI Files directly from the MS Word document. With little to no effort.

The hardest step is to remember to use the syntax below when creating the Table of Contents

p,name, 2CHAPTERTITLE
p,name, 21CHAPTERSUBTITLE

See picture (link)

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by =X=

If you are still using BookCreator. MobiCreator does a bang up job at creating MOBI Files directly from the MS Word document. With little to no effort.

The hardest step is to remember to use the syntax below when creating the Table of Contents

p,name, 2CHAPTERTITLE
p,name, 21CHAPTERSUBTITLE

See picture (link)

Much thanks for the advice and the jpeg. I've saved it and will look at all this today (Friday).

Don

[Dr. Drib]

CORRECTED in this version 2:

1) I discovered antialiasing and used this to smooth out all letters on the cover

2) In the pulps (I used to own thousands of them), the first few capital letters in a word(s) signified a break in the text. This was done for many reasons, most notably to break up the gray text into segments; but also, to signify time and scene breaks. (I've read a number of Ph.D Dissertations on the signifcance of breaks in a text.) Following that example, I hit the enter key where all capital letters occur within the text, thus retaining the time/scene breaks as the stories were originally printed in these old pulps.

3) A couple of typos. More will be discovered, of course.

PLEASE Download Version 2.

Thanks,
Don