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Originally Posted by wallcraft
FBReader handles 1 and 2 very well. It does not work directly on multiple HTML files, but I think FBReader has this on its list of future upgrades. There are two workarounds: a) add an ".opf" file listing the .html files, or b) convert from multi-file HTML to a (single) Plucker file. Approach (b) is probably easier, although converting to an OEB document (approach (a)) is more flexible.
Note that for Baen books, you can download the MobiPocket version (which is the big advantage of multi-format e-books). MobiPocket books typically have relatively small images - so, if there are a lot of images in the e-book, it may be better to download the .lit version. FBReader does not read .lit directly, but it does with the help of ConvertLIT. If you access e-books via the ContentLister, then the iLiad can be configured to do the ConvertLIT/FBReader combination for you (on DRM-free .lit files only). I prefer to use FBReader's internal file navigation, so I "explode" the .lit version (using ConvertLIT) on my PC to get an OEB book (with a .opf file) which I then zip together and rename from .zip to .oebzip. The .oebzip file is recognized by FBReader as an OEB e-book. This same approach will work if you manually add an .opf file to a multi-file html e-book.
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Originally Posted by astra_lestat
Sounds a bit complicated but I think I could manage.
Frankly speaking a have seen only a few books that consisted of multiple html files. probably 50% of them already had a opf file, I have no idea what it is but I suspected that HTML needs it to keep in touch with all html files in the folder.
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And that, in a nutshell, is why eBooks aren't doing taht well.
Until somebody comes along and does a MP3/Apple/iPod treatment to eBooks, it will be a niche market.
(And I say that as a person who can no longer stand to read fiction in a paperback - I love reading books on the iLiad.