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Originally Posted by Elsi

I would appreciate feedback on how well or poorly these are made since I don't feel that I have a reliable way to check out their quality.

Thanks for doing these .IMP versions!

You can check the output using the imp viewer included with the (free) eBook Publisher software. You can use this link to download the latest version of eBook Publisher. As an precautionary/additional step, you should reboot before launching the imp viewer by double-clicking the .imp filename.

Now using BookDesigner to produce the REB 1200 .imp works well (except there are no margins). The color images are retained and the text is easy to read.

However, the 1150 .imp version is sub par for two reasons (not your fault; it happens with most BD created .imps), namely:

1. Only one size of text is possible and, by default, the x-small setting is used and is more difficult to read over extended periods.

2. Any images are rendered as 1-bit (horrible) B&W graphic eqivalents of the original images.

There are solutions to each of the above problems, namely:

1. Following TIP: Attention: All Book Designer users creating .IMP books... you can change the default BD font to a size larger. Just unzip 'PubUtil21.zip' ONCE and you have installed this fix #1!

It is much harder to overcome the lack of margins mentioned above, but it is possible if you follow TIP #2: BD now allows true margins in resulting .IMP files... Personally, I don't think its worth the effort to get margins to show!

2. The solution to the graphics problem is to use Mobi2IMP 9.4 with new Windows GUI & UTF-8. It basically takes your .prc version and can create the 1150 and 1200 .imp versions with readible text and correctly sized images (if you produce the 1200 .imp version first, then the 1150 .imp separately).

I know this is a lot of info to digest, so just do what is more comfortable for you! I now always take the .prc version and convert my own .imps if I can, but that's just me!