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Old 12-22-2010, 01:35 AM   #26
jsfiller
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Originally Posted by sunnyone View Post
Sorry, I think my expression may confuse you.
What I meant is I've tried both webSite and saved to epub format and open them on the E-ink screen.
The result is the epub converted from http://mobile.enet.gr/ worked well, but the epub converted from http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/: didn't work.
Or can you provide a part of your Greek epub? Maybe that can provide much more information about this problem.
Unfortunately, no. I didn't keep the one that raised the concern and haven't purchased any others. I bought it from BnN when I thought I was going to switch to the Nook, and returned it. It cost too much money for a book I couldn't read properly. To BnN's credit, they refunded my purchase even though their policy is no refunds on ebooks. The interesting thing is that the same book from Amazon displays fine. This is why I say Amazon's format is better. Unfortunately, they're going to go the way of Beta, I fear: better product that doesn't make it because a lesser quality product saturates the market. Lest I sound bitter, I blame Amazon for this. They are too proprietary. Same thing happened with Macs. IBM allowed any and all to make PCs while Macs remained proprietary. You'd think the smart people at Amazon would learn that proprietary doesn't win the market.

As for the Greek issue, I am convinced, at this point, that the issue is with the publishers. They have to make sure their ebooks display the fonts properly. I was probably unfair when I screamed for Greek in the next update. I'm not sure anything Entourage does could/would resolve the problem. I am equally convinced my best solution is to buy the physical book create my own PDFs. But I might change my mind once I finally get my Edge. I might find PDFs a pain. I don't know what I'll do then. LOL If/when I get another epub with Greek, I'll let you know.

Thanks for your interest in helping. I appreciate it.