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Fat Abe · 03-31-2010, 05:56 PM

My primary reason for ordering the iPad is for reading pdf documents, mostly technical. The following file dispays perfectly on most computers:

http://www.spectrumsignal.com/public...orm_primer.pdf

Yet, the latest Sony readers render it improperly. It may be too much to hope, but I'm crossing my fingers on this one. There are many more tech documents in my library, but unfortunately they are copyrighted by the organizations which first published them. Thus, I cannot provide you with links to them, but will be listing them by title and author, if they pose a problem to the iPad. Please feel free to add yours to the thread.

Second, there are a number of ebooks that seem to confound the current generation readers. One is this book by Random House:

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/b...=9780307280480

The print version is double columned, but was reflowed to single column format in the epub file. It displays fine in this format on ADE and Calibre. (A bit of subterfuge is involved in getting it to load in Calibre, but I presume that most of the experts on the forum understand the concept of getting a book prepped to "cross-load"). The title looks "skinnified" on all of my current readers. I've figured out why this is technically happening, but have not pursued any CSS editing of the book. Why should I have to fix the file, dammit.

Here's looking forward to a bumpy ride. (Pessimistic Abe).

03-31-2010, 05:56 PM	#1
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	How Will You Test Your New iPad? My primary reason for ordering the iPad is for reading pdf documents, mostly technical. The following file dispays perfectly on most computers: http://www.spectrumsignal.com/public...orm_primer.pdf Yet, the latest Sony readers render it improperly. It may be too much to hope, but I'm crossing my fingers on this one. There are many more tech documents in my library, but unfortunately they are copyrighted by the organizations which first published them. Thus, I cannot provide you with links to them, but will be listing them by title and author, if they pose a problem to the iPad. Please feel free to add yours to the thread. Second, there are a number of ebooks that seem to confound the current generation readers. One is this book by Random House: http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/b...=9780307280480 The print version is double columned, but was reflowed to single column format in the epub file. It displays fine in this format on ADE and Calibre. (A bit of subterfuge is involved in getting it to load in Calibre, but I presume that most of the experts on the forum understand the concept of getting a book prepped to "cross-load"). The title looks "skinnified" on all of my current readers. I've figured out why this is technically happening, but have not pursued any CSS editing of the book. Why should I have to fix the file, dammit. Here's looking forward to a bumpy ride. (Pessimistic Abe).