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Forum: Workshop 04-07-2014, 05:36 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,650
Posted By Iain
Many printers have guillotines which will cut off...

Many printers have guillotines which will cut off the spines as will any book-binder.

If you have loads to do you could think about buying one. Mine cost about £200 ($320) from ebay a few years...
Forum: Workshop 01-30-2012, 04:36 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,685
Posted By Iain
MY experience with discoloured old sci fi paper...

MY experience with discoloured old sci fi paper backs and finereader, is that it doesn't work too well.

I'm scanning my books descructively into multipage tiff files (using home-made software)...
Forum: Workshop 01-27-2012, 05:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,679
Posted By Iain
Fine Reader

Fine Reader is indeed a good piece of software.

However, the results depend greatly on the source material. My scans (around 500 books) have been of normal format paperbacks and the quality...
Forum: Workshop 04-30-2011, 06:43 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,182
Posted By Iain
I looked at OmniPage and FineReader. I selected...

I looked at OmniPage and FineReader. I selected FineReader after some informal testing which indicated OmniPage was more likely to end up with pages of incorrect bold.

Since then I've also seen...
Forum: Workshop 03-16-2011, 05:22 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 9,408
Posted By Iain
Abby and Breaks

HI. I found the same thing.

My approach was to convert to Word 2007 and then process the word file to remove most of the incorrect line breaks whilst converting it to ePub format.

I'd be...
Forum: Workshop 02-06-2011, 06:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,432
Posted By Iain
That's something I'm interested too. In...

That's something I'm interested too.

In particular I want to be able to get notes made in an ePub on a mobile device into other applications.

I'm considering writing an iPad application which...
Forum: Apple Devices 11-04-2010, 08:58 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,055
Posted By Iain
There's a product called iPad ePub transfer from...

There's a product called iPad ePub transfer from aieesoft which does exactly what you want it will plop ePub books into the iPad or copy them out.

Iain
Forum: Workshop 10-31-2010, 07:08 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,871
Posted By Iain
I've written a long post on my experience with...

I've written a long post on my experience with scanning here (http://iaindowns.wordpress.com/).
Briefly, I used FineReader 10 which cost around 60 quid ($100), a guillotine ($200) and a Fujitsu...
Forum: Workshop 10-25-2010, 05:40 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 11,073
Posted By Iain
There are two main problems I've found with 70s...

There are two main problems I've found with 70s and pre-70s books. One is that the paper is coarser and stickier than more modern books (either because it was made that way or because it has...
Forum: Apple Devices 10-21-2010, 05:48 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,990
Posted By Iain
Sample

This is the svg I use to put the front page on my scanned books.

It may well be that your requirement is more complex, but perhaps this will help. Oh FlightCrew (new ePubValidator) has told me to...
Forum: ePub 10-10-2010, 06:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,848
Posted By Iain
:o It seems that I'm blighted by too many...

:o

It seems that I'm blighted by too many years of windows programming. The links are case sensitive so I'm hrefing "Chapter0.html" when it is called "chapter0.html".

thanks for your reply on...
Forum: ePub 10-09-2010, 08:34 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,848
Posted By Iain
links and extensions

I seem to be struggling with links in ePub documents.

I'm creating a toc file and including an link to the chapter in question.
The link looks like

<a href="Chapter10.html">Chapter 10</a>
...
Forum: ePub 10-08-2010, 04:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,462
Posted By Iain
The problem is that the wiki isn't structured. I...

The problem is that the wiki isn't structured. I have in mind something which would let you look at the foibles by css element, or eBook version or Device typoe and so on - in other words searching....
Forum: ePub 10-06-2010, 04:51 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 27,999
Posted By Iain
svg

my ePubs have an image cover page with structure borrowed from a baen book. Flight Crew reports that the svg element can't sit in one of several tags. It's actually in a body element which is not...
Forum: Apple Devices 10-03-2010, 06:53 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 8,444
Posted By Iain
So far I've bought from the iBooks store (not in...

So far I've bought from the iBooks store (not in list) and Amazon (but I don't have a kindle device - just the app).

I've also downloaded from public domain sites and Baen. My order is a) which...
Forum: Apple Devices 10-01-2010, 05:47 AM
Replies: 0
iPad Notes
Views: 1,543
Posted By Iain
Notes

I've got a number of ePub books with issues marked up on my iPad and I would like (somehow) to bring the markup back to my PC (or mac).

I appreciate that apple will allow me to synchronise them to...
Forum: ePub 10-01-2010, 05:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,462
Posted By Iain
I'm too embarrased. I was putting commas between...

I'm too embarrased. I was putting commas between the numbers in the margin: statements in the css file.

I've found a project intended to check epub compliance with standards...
Forum: ePub 09-30-2010, 04:54 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 934
Posted By Iain
Have you tried validating the epub with epubcheck...

Have you tried validating the epub with epubcheck (http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/)?
That might show up some issues. However, perfectly legal epub files still seem to give some readers some...
Forum: ePub 09-24-2010, 10:32 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,462
Posted By Iain
Thanks - I've now checked that the margins (I was...

Thanks - I've now checked that the margins (I was concerned with top and bottom) and they are supported. So I need to look elsewhere to find out where this gap is going :(

Iain
Forum: Apple Devices 09-23-2010, 04:54 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,086
Posted By Iain
I try and read in my 'yard' - with my iPad, or...

I try and read in my 'yard' - with my iPad, or did when the weather over here (blighty) was more conducive.

But in any but the dimmest light it's an only just proposition, requiring the iPad to be...
Forum: Workshop 09-21-2010, 06:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,781
Posted By Iain
Actually, I've just unpacked a box and it had...

Actually, I've just unpacked a box and it had exactly 120 books in. They're not terribly big or terribly heavy boxes, but of course all my stuff is paperbacks and much is old - for some reason the...
Forum: ePub 09-21-2010, 06:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,462
Posted By Iain
css exceptions

If I have this right, the ePub standard officially supports all css properties (and a couple more), however not all devices do so.

For example iBooks on iPad appears to ignore top and bottom...
Forum: ePub 09-19-2010, 06:05 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,912
Posted By Iain
I think the issue is more, 'is there an ereader...

I think the issue is more, 'is there an ereader which could make use of this information'?

For example, in my ePubs (converted from scanned books), I put an HTML comment at the start of each...
Forum: Apple Devices 09-19-2010, 06:00 AM
Replies: 6
iPhone Stanza
Views: 4,027
Posted By Iain
I've seen this on iBooks when the line spacing...

I've seen this on iBooks when the line spacing was set in the paragraph style. As you change the font size the lines merge - and unles you set the font small it tends to cut off the top and bottom...
Forum: Workshop 09-17-2010, 04:46 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,781
Posted By Iain
That's a good idea, but I'm not sure it's...

That's a good idea, but I'm not sure it's practical for me. I've limited space and equally limited patience! I'm trying to process around 100 books (1 box) at a time, and I don't really have...
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