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bookstar · 03-23-2009, 10:33 AM

Hello,

Sorry if this has been answered a few times.

I am soon to be getting a Sony 505. I have been trying to make some pre-preparations so that im ready to put content on it as soon as I get it home. I have been playing about in Calibre, I have successfully managed to convert various files to epub and lrf however formatting of text once converted to lrf seems to be a bit on the messy side at times. Can anybody point me in the right direction to a tutorial that would cover the settings in Calibre for the best results on a 505 reader.

So far from reading I have gathered that font size is best at 8. I couldnt seem to figure out how to create a TOC. Im thinking that this may only show up once the file is on the 505 reader (which I dont have yet).

I think the main problem that I am finding, is the fact I dont know what is the best file format to convert from into lrf, if somebody could please tell me what is the prefered format to convert from to get the best formatting results, that would be superb. The most joy I have had so far is by converting an Html book through calibre to lrf, the text formatting was perfect, however im not sure if that was just a one off thing. What would be very handy is a list of links to various conversion tools, for instance I cant seem to find a pdf to html converter.

If all this has been covered in another thread, please point me in the right direction.

Cheers.

03-23-2009, 10:33 AM	#1
bookstar Noobie Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London Device: PRS-505	Calibre, formats, Sony 505 reader. Hello, Sorry if this has been answered a few times. I am soon to be getting a Sony 505. I have been trying to make some pre-preparations so that im ready to put content on it as soon as I get it home. I have been playing about in Calibre, I have successfully managed to convert various files to epub and lrf however formatting of text once converted to lrf seems to be a bit on the messy side at times. Can anybody point me in the right direction to a tutorial that would cover the settings in Calibre for the best results on a 505 reader. So far from reading I have gathered that font size is best at 8. I couldnt seem to figure out how to create a TOC. Im thinking that this may only show up once the file is on the 505 reader (which I dont have yet). I think the main problem that I am finding, is the fact I dont know what is the best file format to convert from into lrf, if somebody could please tell me what is the prefered format to convert from to get the best formatting results, that would be superb. The most joy I have had so far is by converting an Html book through calibre to lrf, the text formatting was perfect, however im not sure if that was just a one off thing. What would be very handy is a list of links to various conversion tools, for instance I cant seem to find a pdf to html converter. If all this has been covered in another thread, please point me in the right direction. Cheers.