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Originally Posted by crych
I was asking myself this question after reading Colin Hazlehurst's post on the topic at Inside epub. Hazlehurst suggests using an additional rootfile linking to a PDF to provide a version of the pub formatted for printing. I tested a file with two rootfiles, one pointing to a PDF, in desktop versions of number of readers (ADE, B&N, Stanza, etc.) but none revealed the presence of the PDF file.
I've been toying with the notion of including a link or script in one of the content files that would call the PDF but haven't yet figured out if that is possible. Any suggestions welcome. |
When I first considered the idea I saw that posting too, but unfortunately that was about as far as anyone seems to have taken the idea so far.
I did create an ePub with the requisite structure that contained a PDF file, but I couldn't get it to come up in Sony Reader, ADE or Stanza, either.
Not being one who is easily discouraged...since the OEBPS CF 1.0 spec said the extra rootfile and separate folder was the "recommended" approach, I decided to adjust the location of the PDF in the ePub (dropping it into the same folder with all my xhtml files) and was able to get ADE and Sony Reader (software) to open the PDF when I linked to it from the TOC.
While this wasn't my original goal, I did get some satisfaction out of it!
