MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Steven Lyle Jordan · 10-28-2006, 05:16 PM

Overall, I'd like to be able to keep my list of formats to 5 or less. If I tried to satisfy every type of reader and hardware, I'd have a dozen or more formats and sizes listed! The direction of my original question is to determine the 5 most popular and practical e-book formats to offer my books in.

Based on what I've been reading about Sony Reader, I might do RTF conversions for that device, as opposed to PDF. (RTF is also in the running, alongside HTML, as my PDB replacement.) I might reduce my PDF size, though, to something more approximating a paperback page size, especially if that makes it easier for some hardware to read.

I should probably ask, what is the native format for the Iliad? Maybe formatting specifically for that device would make more sense.

10-28-2006, 05:16 PM	#12
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Overall, I'd like to be able to keep my list of formats to 5 or less. If I tried to satisfy every type of reader and hardware, I'd have a dozen or more formats and sizes listed! The direction of my original question is to determine the 5 most popular and practical e-book formats to offer my books in. Based on what I've been reading about Sony Reader, I might do RTF conversions for that device, as opposed to PDF. (RTF is also in the running, alongside HTML, as my PDB replacement.) I might reduce my PDF size, though, to something more approximating a paperback page size, especially if that makes it easier for some hardware to read. I should probably ask, what is the native format for the Iliad? Maybe formatting specifically for that device would make more sense. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 10-28-2006 at 06:14 PM.