Greetings from the West of England

alex-2008 · 02-10-2009, 02:25 PM

Hi Everyone,

My name is Alex and I'm currently resident in The Forest of Dean, in Western England. We're surrounded by old mine workings - this was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution. And lots of trees..

As the proud owner of an old Samsung laptop computer and a new Sony PRS-505 I stumbled across MobileRead looking for some free downloads - and found the Harvard Classics set - so I am very pleased.

As a Unix (cf. Linux) Sys Admin by trade I want to try my hand at converting text or html for specific readers. Have already done Harry T's Book Designer tutorial and briefly experimented with Calibre - for editing Sony Reader meta information - following a comment by Patricia.

I would especially like to put hyperlinked content pages into the Harvard Classics series. I think that I need the html0 files for that.

gwynevans · 02-10-2009, 02:38 PM

Hi Alex & welcome to MobileRead - I expect I'm the closest member to you, as I'm in Lydney!

MickeyC · 02-10-2009, 02:40 PM

Hi Alex and welcome to the Forum. I expect you'll feel very at home here.

desertgrandma · 02-10-2009, 05:39 PM

Hello alex, and welcome to MobileRead.

What a wonderful name your town has.........."The Forest of Dean". Makes me want to travel there.

Enjoy the site, and have fun.

gwynevans · 02-11-2009, 10:03 AM

More than a town! :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Dean

Patricia · 02-11-2009, 06:45 PM

Welcome from Wales. I'm in the Cardiff/Newport area.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-11-2009, 06:57 PM

Welcome from the Home Counties (Surrey, just about...)

02-10-2009, 02:25 PM	#1
alex-2008 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs-505	Greetings from the West of England Hi Everyone, My name is Alex and I'm currently resident in The Forest of Dean, in Western England. We're surrounded by old mine workings - this was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution. And lots of trees.. As the proud owner of an old Samsung laptop computer and a new Sony PRS-505 I stumbled across MobileRead looking for some free downloads - and found the Harvard Classics set - so I am very pleased. As a Unix (cf. Linux) Sys Admin by trade I want to try my hand at converting text or html for specific readers. Have already done Harry T's Book Designer tutorial and briefly experimented with Calibre - for editing Sony Reader meta information - following a comment by Patricia. I would especially like to put hyperlinked content pages into the Harvard Classics series. I think that I need the html0 files for that.

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02-10-2009, 02:38 PM	#2
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Hi Alex & welcome to MobileRead - I expect I'm the closest member to you, as I'm in Lydney!

02-10-2009, 02:40 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Alex and welcome to the Forum. I expect you'll feel very at home here.

02-10-2009, 05:39 PM	#4
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Hello alex, and welcome to MobileRead. What a wonderful name your town has.........."The Forest of Dean". Makes me want to travel there. Enjoy the site, and have fun.

02-11-2009, 10:03 AM	#5
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	More than a town! :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Dean

02-11-2009, 06:45 PM	#6
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Welcome from Wales. I'm in the Cardiff/Newport area.

02-11-2009, 06:57 PM	#7
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Welcome from the Home Counties (Surrey, just about...)

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