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Worldwalker · 03-07-2011, 09:31 AM

To clarify and compile what several of the previous posters have said:

You're looking at two different problems here. First, you need to make ebooks out of your sermons, which are currently just word processor files. Then you need to organize them so you can find them when you need them.

I have a Sony 505, which works in many ways like your 650. What's going to save your sanity is the Collections feature. Instead of a table of contents, I think you're going to want a collection for each book. So, you'd look in the Genesis collection and there would be all your Genesis-related sermons. One big advantage of this is that you can file a specific sermon in two or more collections if appropriate. Perhaps you write a sermon in which you relate some elements of Genesis to, say, Leviticus. With the idea of one big file and finding them in a TOC you'd have to decide which book was more important and file it there; with collections, you could file it as both Genesis and Leviticus, and it would come up when you selected either one.

Making ebooks out of your Word Perfect files is a bit more complicated because there are so many routes you can take. You could save them as pdf files (yes, OpenOffice Writer is excellent for this; it's my word processor of choice myself). Personally, I don't like how pdfs work on ebook readers because the whole point of a pdf is to reproduce the original page exactly, and ebook readers are by their very nature small, and in dire need of a format that reflows well. Fortunately, your 650 supports epub, which does. You could use Sigil to create those epubs directly -- there's a Sigil support forum here on MobileRead where people can answer any questions you have. Or you could save your books as html files and use Calibre to bulk convert them to epubs. Again, there is a Calibre support forum here with lots of friendly people (starting with the creator) who can answer any questions you have and help you out with everything.

You're going to want Calibre in any event, because that's the easiest way to manage your tags and collections.

03-07-2011, 09:31 AM	#4
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	To clarify and compile what several of the previous posters have said: You're looking at two different problems here. First, you need to make ebooks out of your sermons, which are currently just word processor files. Then you need to organize them so you can find them when you need them. I have a Sony 505, which works in many ways like your 650. What's going to save your sanity is the Collections feature. Instead of a table of contents, I think you're going to want a collection for each book. So, you'd look in the Genesis collection and there would be all your Genesis-related sermons. One big advantage of this is that you can file a specific sermon in two or more collections if appropriate. Perhaps you write a sermon in which you relate some elements of Genesis to, say, Leviticus. With the idea of one big file and finding them in a TOC you'd have to decide which book was more important and file it there; with collections, you could file it as both Genesis and Leviticus, and it would come up when you selected either one. Making ebooks out of your Word Perfect files is a bit more complicated because there are so many routes you can take. You could save them as pdf files (yes, OpenOffice Writer is excellent for this; it's my word processor of choice myself). Personally, I don't like how pdfs work on ebook readers because the whole point of a pdf is to reproduce the original page exactly, and ebook readers are by their very nature small, and in dire need of a format that reflows well. Fortunately, your 650 supports epub, which does. You could use Sigil to create those epubs directly -- there's a Sigil support forum here on MobileRead where people can answer any questions you have. Or you could save your books as html files and use Calibre to bulk convert them to epubs. Again, there is a Calibre support forum here with lots of friendly people (starting with the creator) who can answer any questions you have and help you out with everything. You're going to want Calibre in any event, because that's the easiest way to manage your tags and collections.