Not sure this is the right place...
I got my first ebook reader (Sony 505) a couple of weeks ago and I'm starting to regret ever buying the damn thing. The first ebook I read was 1984 (got it here, thanks for the great initiative
). The book was fantastic, the formatting was nicely done, everything was just peachy. Then I bought the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from the Sony store (knowing that they will eventually let me download the book in epub format, otherwise I would never have bought it, DRM and all). The margins were ridiculous, but it was a good read nonetheless. I never read so much in so little time, I'm loving it
But now I'm trying to read The Brothers Karamazov. I say "trying" because the Sony Connect version (included in the free "100 classics") is terrible, with missing words and unforgiveable mistakes like "he bad looked upon them"... I tried to read it anyway, filling in the missing words and ignoring the obvious mistakes, but it's definitely not an enjoyable experience... "he bad looked" ?? I mean, c'mon!
Unfortunately, the two versions available here on the forum are based on Sony's book, so they're out. The Project Gutenberg's book looks perfect, with apparently no mistakes or missing words, but I have no idea how to turn it into a decent LRF. I downloaded the HTML version, txt, epub, PDF and tried converting them with Calibre and Book Designer, to no avail. The TOC gets all messed up and/or I lose the entire formatting and since the HTML version has [pg001], [pg002], etc. on every page, they appear in the middle of a sentence!
I'm not afraid of a little hands-on work (been trying to get the conversion right for 3 days now), but this is starting to look like work. I just want to read the book, not write it!
I'm not asking that someone do the conversion for me (I wouldn't say no, though
), just a little guidance to show me the light
