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Originally Posted by Winnetou
Hello dreamer
I visited wiki - wow, I'm overwhelmed. I know being on the wrong side of the 50 mark doesn't excuse non-comprehension of new technologies, and I am trying (my husband reckons 'very') to keep up with it. Looking at wiki, I've come to the conclusion that I know very little ... and also, that a 'download' may qualify for something like an e-book, but isn't necessarily something that can be read on some 'device' outside the computer standing on my desk.
So ... my next question, by default, must be (while I keep browsing the wiki) ... how do I find out whether the downloads the good people at Lulu have created for my books can at all be read by any of the 'reading devices' on the market? (Aside from purchasing one of each of the multitudes of devices and experimenting with them personally ... ouch).
cheerio
Marlies
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Hello Marlies
Depends on what "format" the downloads at Lulu has. If for instance, they are called something ending in .LRF, they are formated for the Sony range of Readers (PRS500/PRS505), if they end in .PRC they are in Mobipocket format and can be read on a multitude of different readers (Kindle, Cybook, Iliad, Hanlin etc). And then there is .LIT which is the MS Reader format which is not suported on many readers currently (Hanlin V3 and rebrands thereof) as far as I know.
These are the most "common" formats for e-Books suitable for the current range of e-Readers.
I assume you are familiar with PDF which is not suitable for most of the standalone readers currently on sale due to the fact that PDF is more or less meant to be a copy of an A4 page. It is possible to "re-flow" text for PDF, but the result is usually not all that great.
Then there are a bunch of "smaller" formats available as well, like ePub, fb2 and the likes which is not so common as of yet.
So it's a bit hard to say if your convesrion works without knowing what formats they are available in
