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Old 04-26-2011, 08:09 AM   #20
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Location: Sweden
Device: Iriver Story
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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh View Post
My mistake then. You seemed to be asking in the context of preparing an ePub version of your book for use on other people's Storys and Kindles. That's why I thought it needed to be portable.
Ah, yes, back when I originally asked the question, that was true. And for that purpose, of course you're right. I must make everything portable to any machine, and that can only mean embedded fonts, which I think I have now mastered.

However, I've discovered another possibility. As I think I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm learning Mandarin, and it occurred to me that my Iriver won't handle that. However, if I can load a font into the Iriver all I have to do is a simple css change to any book I can get, and I've already investigated getting some books in Mandarin. That's why I was interested in Santo's info.

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(For myself, any customisation of ePubs I'm doing I'm making portable, because I don't think my Story is going to last much longer. And despite having another two years of warranty on it, I think when this one dies I'll be going to another brand.)
Too right, Cobber. I don't think I've got two more years. I think we have two years altogether here in Sweden, and one has nearly gone. But I agree, the next one will probably not be an Iriver. And it won't be a Kindle unless Kindles handle epub by then.
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