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Henrycat · 10-22-2005, 08:57 AM

Just wanted to create a thread where anyone could post their questions/doubts/answers about the Librie.

Some of the questions i've seen around the net (with my answer):

Are the Librie owners happy with their device?
I definitely am! Although the screen size is too small to read comics comfortably :P

Is it easy to read text on it?
Yep, but it requires a good light source. I can read indoors but prefer outdoors whenever i can.

Easy to convert texts for the device?
Depends of what you want. Right now i usually take 10min to convert a 20 chapter book from Project Gutenburg in Book Creator (create cover image, about author, chapter titles, subtitles, etc). The resultant file has cover, table contexts, zoomable text, anything i want. I'm used to using pagemaker and indesign so Book Creator is really great for me.

If simply want to put the text on the Librie without the formatting, you can use Printer, format it in word with a correct page size and print to a Librie File. Great if you want to use custom fonts and want total control, but it creates a series of images so no zoomable text.

Can also use makelrf if you want zoomable text, but have to do some editing on the files.

There is also Book Designer, which allow almost everything Book Creator does and is being updated at a good pace; will also require some editing but nothing much.

That's it for now.

Anything you guys would like to know?

10-22-2005, 08:57 AM	#1
Henrycat Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1146 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pernes. A small village in Portugal. Device: Kindle Voyage	About the current Librie Just wanted to create a thread where anyone could post their questions/doubts/answers about the Librie. Some of the questions i've seen around the net (with my answer): Are the Librie owners happy with their device? I definitely am! Although the screen size is too small to read comics comfortably :P Is it easy to read text on it? Yep, but it requires a good light source. I can read indoors but prefer outdoors whenever i can. Easy to convert texts for the device? Depends of what you want. Right now i usually take 10min to convert a 20 chapter book from Project Gutenburg in Book Creator (create cover image, about author, chapter titles, subtitles, etc). The resultant file has cover, table contexts, zoomable text, anything i want. I'm used to using pagemaker and indesign so Book Creator is really great for me. If simply want to put the text on the Librie without the formatting, you can use Printer, format it in word with a correct page size and print to a Librie File. Great if you want to use custom fonts and want total control, but it creates a series of images so no zoomable text. Can also use makelrf if you want zoomable text, but have to do some editing on the files. There is also Book Designer, which allow almost everything Book Creator does and is being updated at a good pace; will also require some editing but nothing much. That's it for now. Anything you guys would like to know?