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Originally Posted by Kirok
I'm looking at large works (novella+) that you couldn't go through in one sitting online. These are all downloadable files that can be read off-line ...
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I have a list of those, however not in Star Trek fandom and the one Voyager story that's over 400k words is slash.
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pdf - The starter level: everyone has adobe acrobat! For the unadventurous who don't want to instal an eBook reader, can be read on a desktop or a laptop - I understand that there are new programs that can view pdf on handhelds but eBooks on handhelds do the job better.
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I agree that PDF is a good format for online reading (assuming browser does not crash which is a problem I have from time to time with PDF files online) but I completely disagree about reading on e-ink devices never minding the fact that all the Kindle users are completely cut off from reading the PDF file on their device. Though they can email the story to amazon and they'll convert it for them...but there is no reassurance that the formatting of the images will be maintained. Also two sets of PDF files would have to be created and the formatting checked over again because once you re-size the PDF to 6 inch all the images shift too.
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ISSUU / Scribd - I think of these as online pdf browsers (although Scribd can do MUCH more) This is a great place to catch a reader's interest so that they'll download the full book (I uploaded a short story of mine as a test)
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I checked it out but maybe I'm doing something wrong because the zoom feature doesn't fit to screen and you have to use the hand to move the PDF up or down the screen? I'm kind of used to just using the scroll bar so that was kind of odd.
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Mobipocket & ePub - Downloadable, archivable, easily readable offline on a wide range of hardware
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Can't disagree with anything here. (though what's killing me still is that the Kindle does not support ePub.) I really want one format that can be read on every e-ink device on the market. (one that can retain formatting, images, and hyperlinks/Table of Contents)
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Book Designer, Calibre and Feedbooks seem to be my main options right now - what makes LRF?
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Book Designer and Calibre can both create LRF files. I prefer using Calibre though, however I know other members on this forum use Book Designer with great results.
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p.s. sorry if I seem so negative about PDF. It's just I really don't like PDF for reading online let alone my e-ink device. So I'm rather biased against it to start off with. So far I've found for online reading HTML is the most pleasant experience (assuming no pink text and black background)