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Forum: Kobo Reader 09-18-2010, 08:08 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 15,735
Posted By soup
heh, are your paperback books broken?

heh, are your paperback books broken?
Forum: ePub 08-25-2010, 08:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,562
Posted By soup
I need to make a table...

I need to make a table.

11 rows, 3 columns.

I'm assuming I could make/find some code, put it into the code section of Sigil, then when in the page view I could type in what I want to ebe in the...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-24-2010, 06:47 AM
Replies: 94
Views: 15,735
Posted By soup
when I turn the kobo on, U have to wait for the...

when I turn the kobo on, U have to wait for the splash screen and loading bars, then click the book I want in the "I'm reading" list, then wait again for the page I was last reading to come up.
...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-17-2010, 11:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,133
Posted By soup
plugged the kobo in. navigated to the file. ...

plugged the kobo in.

navigated to the file.

changed it's name.

that did it.

lets hope that gets fixed in a future firmware update...
Forum: ePub 08-16-2010, 12:14 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,555
Posted By soup
looks like I'm resizing the pics....

looks like I'm resizing the pics....
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-16-2010, 12:13 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,133
Posted By soup
I've edited the TOC using sigil, and also when I...

I've edited the TOC using sigil, and also when I plug in the kobo, I navigate to the ePub file (in question) on the device and open it with winRAR, then I navigate to the TOC.ncx file and examine it,...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-15-2010, 04:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,133
Posted By soup
how does the kobo make it's "table of contents"

I'm playing around with the TOC.ncx file in an ePub and I can't seem to make parts of the "table of contents" go away when I access them in the kobo.

does the kobo actually use the TOC.ncx file?...
Forum: ePub 08-15-2010, 01:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,555
Posted By soup
how to make images behave....

I have an image, it's at the end of a page under some lines of text and I want it to come up on the screen and take up the rest of the screen after the text is displayed.

currently it just comes...
Forum: Sigil 08-15-2010, 01:34 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,216
Posted By soup
how to make larger fonts

I've been using the heading options to make larger fonts for my conversions, it looks good and comes up nicely.

however it's playing havoc with my TOC.

I've tried to use the TOC editor to...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-08-2010, 01:25 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,027
Posted By soup
you can view pdf's with the kobo, it's just......

you can view pdf's with the kobo, it's just... cumbersome.

epubs are better, and I go to great lengths to get the epubs over the pdf, however calibre's converter isn't perfect, if the pdf is two...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-05-2010, 12:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,146
Posted By soup
on the left there should be a list of files, each...

on the left there should be a list of files, each is a page/chapter/section of the book you want to edit.

the first page is usually the cover. it may well be an all black image.

click to the...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-04-2010, 09:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,146
Posted By soup
finding the cover with calibre only changes the...

finding the cover with calibre only changes the cover calibre uses it adds a file to the directory folder that calibre keeps the file and uses that instead of whatever it was using before.

it...
Forum: Kobo Reader 08-02-2010, 01:46 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,262
Posted By soup
I've read more books sin the last month since...

I've read more books sin the last month since buying the kobo than I have read in paper for the last year.
Forum: Sigil 08-02-2010, 12:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,118
Posted By soup
i use this piece of code i found. <?xml...

i use this piece of code i found.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html...
Forum: Kobo Reader 07-30-2010, 04:06 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,194
Posted By soup
DRM does nothing but punish and hinder the...

DRM does nothing but punish and hinder the lawful.

I wouldn't touch the software that came with my kobo and am still trying to find the original desktop software kobo wrote.

it's a bit of a...
Forum: Sigil 07-30-2010, 03:11 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,820
Posted By soup
numbered lists, but with a text break

I'm having a small problem with sigil, I want to have a numbered list, but I want a break in the middle and to continue the number order after the text break.

currently I get this problem:

1....
Forum: ePub 07-26-2010, 04:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,813
Posted By soup
so it should dissapear with a future firmware...

so it should dissapear with a future firmware update....
Forum: ePub 07-22-2010, 11:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,813
Posted By soup
I guess this sort of thing should be expected...

I guess this sort of thing should be expected seeing that ebooks are still in their relative infantcy.... the move from paper to digital is bound to have teething problems, this isn't as bad as a lot...
Forum: ePub 07-22-2010, 11:55 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,813
Posted By soup
why does it cascade down every page? and some...

why does it cascade down every page? and some pages dont show one at all.

also they're usually wrong.

I'd prefer to not have it at all if I could, and in short of that, keep the extra page...
Forum: ePub 07-22-2010, 09:59 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 13,203
Posted By soup
it took me a little longer to get my hands on it...

it took me a little longer to get my hands on it for you, but fially, it's here.

<h1 class="calibre7 calibre3 sgc-1 sgc-8" id="calibre_toc_3">Chapter 1</h1>

I just paste that code into any line...
Forum: ePub 07-22-2010, 09:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,813
Posted By soup
page numbers coming up over text

I'm really getting into editing the format of ebooks to better read them.

so far sigil is great, I really can't fault it, but oe thing I just can't seem to find anywhere in the ePub file is code...
Forum: Kobo Reader 07-22-2010, 08:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,107
Posted By soup
another story that proves that DRM does nothing...

another story that proves that DRM does nothing except hinder the legitimate user.

I wish you the best of luck fixing it, I don't know enough about DRM books, but, be brave.
Forum: News 07-22-2010, 08:52 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 14,607
Posted By soup
I think that apple are going to prove themselves...

I think that apple are going to prove themselves to be evil and that the iPad is no more innovative than the network activated lamp (easily done, just nobody else could be bothered going to the...
Forum: ePub 07-20-2010, 01:49 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 13,203
Posted By soup
I think I found the answer to this the other day,...

I think I found the answer to this the other day, I copy and pasted a line of code I thought would work and it did.

I don't have the code on me right now, but if you find an ePub with a working...
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