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Old 05-18-2009, 10:39 AM   #9
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
Thank you for your answer.

As to the comment about PDF... I find the swearing off of the only format that can recreate a document of the same quality as the dead-tree book... illogical.

Not that I want to start any discussion on the topic. I see in the forums it is a well traveled subject. But personally, I cannot bring myself to start reading books that look like they were typeset in Microsoft Word... for me, that's a step backwards, and not what I paid in excess of $300 for.

I will be sure to provide the standard Mobipocket and ePub formats though, as the demand for them is very clear. Is there another format, JSWolf that would be good to add, to save people from having to do their own conversions?
If you do want to have PDF, please do so for the 6" screen size. That would mean the PDF would be usable on the 6" screen sized eink devices. Also, please no large margins in the PDF. Most PDF it seems come from Word documents and the default Word margins are just too large.

As to other formats, I would have to say LRF is one popular format to have. I know the 505 & 700 can handle ePub, but the 500 cannot. eReader would do for some as well. And the last format I would suggest is MS Reader.

If you are doing this without DRM, then one thing I can suggest is make your ePub as good as you can and then give Calibre a try to convert the ePub into Mobipocket and MS Reader. That might give you good results that way and a lot easier converting.
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