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Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 10-30-2012, 09:59 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 717
Posted By quebeckerin
Shadow on the Rose is free today

The romance novel, Shadow on the Rose, is free today, November15th, on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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Forum: Kobo Reader 09-14-2012, 07:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 33,115
Posted By quebeckerin
Thanks. I'll ask my friend to try it.

Thanks. I'll ask my friend to try it.
Forum: Kobo Reader 09-04-2012, 06:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 33,115
Posted By quebeckerin
I'm trying to help a friend set up her Kobo Touch...

I'm trying to help a friend set up her Kobo Touch to read Chinese. She followed the instructions above and it seemed to work, but a few characters do not display. Every four or five characters,...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 08-10-2012, 08:58 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,220
Posted By quebeckerin
Hello Petechan, Please don't take my...

Hello Petechan,
Please don't take my technical vocabulary too seriously, as I am no computer expert. All I meant was--after I have opened a library book, using Adobe Digital Editions, on my...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 08-02-2012, 06:20 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,220
Posted By quebeckerin
By the way, Ken, I've just asked my local library...

By the way, Ken, I've just asked my local library about this, (because the Adobe help guy told me to) and they say the Aluratek Libre Pro is not supported by Overdrive. However, as I said, I can...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 08-01-2012, 04:04 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,220
Posted By quebeckerin
Thanks, Ken, I chatted online with the help...

Thanks, Ken,
I chatted online with the help people at Adobe and got a partial solution to my problem. The requests to authorize and re-authorize my device stopped, after the help desk guy told...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 07-30-2012, 06:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,220
Posted By quebeckerin
Aluratek no longer opens Adobe Digital library books

Hello,
Until recently I have had no problem reading library books on my Aluratek Libre Pro. Today, though, when I tried to download a library book using Adobe Digital Editions, I kept getting an...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 07-26-2012, 09:04 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,209
Posted By quebeckerin
Yeah, I think I gave myself too much credit. I...

Yeah, I think I gave myself too much credit. I saw that my Libre Pro was displaying Chinese and I thought it was because I added the font, but the fonts were probably there all along in the 20i. If...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 07-25-2012, 11:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,209
Posted By quebeckerin
Ken, It's when I click on Settings,...

Ken,
It's when I click on Settings, Encoding, that I see all the different languages. Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Chinese Simplified, etc. Do you also see these on your Libre Pro?
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 07-25-2012, 10:00 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,209
Posted By quebeckerin
The thread on the Kobo Forum was called: Read...

The thread on the Kobo Forum was called: Read Chinese in Kobo Touch.
I followed the instructions, except I was using the Aluratek Libre Pro, not the Kobo.
I now have Chinese fonts on my...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 07-25-2012, 07:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,209
Posted By quebeckerin
Chinese fonts--Aluratek Libre Pro

I followed the instructions by FJC@YYZ on the Kobo forum for reading Chinese texts, even though I have an Aluratek Libre Pro. The basic idea was that you add a Chinese font (simsun.ttf) to the main...
Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 04-16-2012, 08:04 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 611
Posted By quebeckerin
free today

free today
Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 03-29-2012, 07:33 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 611
Posted By quebeckerin
An exciting romance novel

http://www.amazon.com/Karens-Best-Friend-ebook/dp/B007DI16VE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331980435&sr=8-1

This book is free today (Monday, 16th April) at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Forum: Kobo Tablets 11-23-2011, 10:22 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,561
Posted By quebeckerin
Can we get a follow-up on this? What happened in...

Can we get a follow-up on this? What happened in the end--did Kobo customer service straighten this out?
Forum: Android Devices 10-16-2011, 09:34 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,712
Posted By quebeckerin
Thanks, David, I think I misread...

Thanks, David,
I think I misread something--perapera-kun doesn't seem to be available for Android, after all. But I sent a message to the developer, as you suggested. So here's hoping it'll be...
Forum: Android Devices 10-15-2011, 06:01 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,712
Posted By quebeckerin
perapera-kun Chinese firefox

Firefox has a nice add-on that allows you to translate Chinese characters into English, by moving the cursor over the character. Will this work with android devices, if you install Firefox and the...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 06-10-2011, 07:28 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,718
Posted By quebeckerin
Hello, icedtea, thank you. I downloaded the...

Hello, icedtea, thank you. I downloaded the Barbara Cartland and it works quite well. It isn't as nice as ePub, because it's double-spaced, but other than that, it displays fine. So that's good to...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 06-10-2011, 02:28 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,718
Posted By quebeckerin
Thanks, Petechan, Yes, I would prefer...

Thanks, Petechan,
Yes, I would prefer ePub, too, but it isn't available for the book in question. Glad to know, though, that the library PDF's work.
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 06-09-2011, 12:24 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,718
Posted By quebeckerin
Anyone else know if PDF--the DRM version, I...

Anyone else know if PDF--the DRM version, I mean--displays properly on an Aluratek Libre Pro? Surely someone out there has bought a book in this format. Thanks in advance to anyone who has...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 06-08-2011, 02:01 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,718
Posted By quebeckerin
Ken, Do you mean you can run DRM protected...

Ken,
Do you mean you can run DRM protected files through Calibre? I thought that was impossible.
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 06-08-2011, 09:06 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,718
Posted By quebeckerin
pdf-drm on aluratek libre pro

Can anyone tell me whether pdf-drm works well on the Aluratek? I tried buying a book in this format, and it wouldn't display properly. There were odd spaces between letters, so the word 'this,' for...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 01-05-2011, 02:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,244
Posted By quebeckerin
Update A new ebook reader from Aluratek was...

Update
A new ebook reader from Aluratek was just delivered to my door today, Jan 5th. I'm very pleased and wanted to tell people. They tell me it's a new device, not just my old device repaired....
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 12-23-2010, 03:43 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,316
Posted By quebeckerin
Update--yesterday Aluratek answered my email...

Update--yesterday Aluratek answered my email about my Libre Pro. They can't fix it, so they are sending me a new one. I'm very pleased that I'm getting a new device, rather than a repaired one. I'm...
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 12-21-2010, 07:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,878
Posted By quebeckerin
You're right, Ken. I thought his device was the...

You're right, Ken. I thought his device was the same as mine. Maybe the same solution will work, though.
Forum: Ectaco jetBook 12-20-2010, 04:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,878
Posted By quebeckerin
If you have Open Office, you can paste your...

If you have Open Office, you can paste your article in it, then choose 'export as PDF." The PDf file should then display properly, with reflow and font size changes all working properly. It did for...
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