Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
I thought that we were talking about the practicality of ePub dictionaries, in an general sense, on the Sony Reader. Wouldn't the PD 1913 Websters be adequate for general testing of concepts? Why not do some experiments with an ePub version of that and see how well it works?
Obviously I'm not suggesting that anyone give out copies of a commercial dictionary!
|
Well, I have the 1913 Websters on my Reader and am grateful to have it. But I wanted a modern dictionary if I could get one, so I chose the Pocket OED as a relatively compact (an inexpensive) one to try. I wasn't attempting a general proof of concept so much as trying to get an up-to-date dictionary--and reporting, so that if it worked, others could do the same if they liked.
I think the reason my conversion proved unwieldy is that the built-in search links didn't survive the conversion. The dictionary is quite nimble in its native Mobi format on my creaky old Cassiopeia.