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RAH · 10-31-2010, 03:14 PM

Is there any way to get the Calibre viewer to display an epub file in exactly the way it will look on a particular device?

In my particular case, I want to create some epub files for use with a Nook. After I do this, naturally I want to know how they will look on the Nook, but it would be much easier for me if I could use the Calibre viewer to find out, instead of sending them to the Nook to find out.

Back in the day, when I was developing some software for the Palm Pilot, you could run a Windows Pilot emulation program and see on the PC screen exactly how the display would look on the Pilot. It even had a simulated device skin around it, so screen snapshots looked like you photographed the Pilot itself.

I don't care so much about an exact simulation like that, but it would be nice to preview the look on the Nook without sending it to the Nook.

10-31-2010, 03:14 PM	#1
RAH Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 575652 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampton, NH Device: Kobo Aura H20; Kobo ClaraBW	Can Calibre viewer emulate a device's display? Is there any way to get the Calibre viewer to display an epub file in exactly the way it will look on a particular device? In my particular case, I want to create some epub files for use with a Nook. After I do this, naturally I want to know how they will look on the Nook, but it would be much easier for me if I could use the Calibre viewer to find out, instead of sending them to the Nook to find out. Back in the day, when I was developing some software for the Palm Pilot, you could run a Windows Pilot emulation program and see on the PC screen exactly how the display would look on the Pilot. It even had a simulated device skin around it, so screen snapshots looked like you photographed the Pilot itself. I don't care so much about an exact simulation like that, but it would be nice to preview the look on the Nook without sending it to the Nook.