Bunched Text

andyafro · 09-03-2007, 05:01 PM

I Have a lit file but when i load it into book designer the text is bunched (by which i mean each line is only a few words long then it jumps to the next line) like the word take up the right side of the page

LIKE THIS

The elderly lady-bee
who helped the baby-bee
Maya when she awoke to
life and slipped from her
cell was called Cassandra
and commanded great respect
in the hive. Those were exciting
days. A rebellion had broken out
in the nation of bees, which the
queen was unable to suppress.

Do i have to go through the whole lot and re-arrange it or it there a tool to sort it out.

i converted it to an html and its worse the writing is really small and it takes up less space on the right.
must be a tool to re-arranged the text

HarryT · 09-04-2007, 02:46 AM

If you look at the HTML you should be able to easily see why it's being displayed that way. Perhaps there are hard line breaks in it.

Patricia · 09-04-2007, 06:21 AM

And, if there are hard line breaks then Stingo's macro sorts them out in no time. Just edit in word and run the macro.

JSWolf · 09-04-2007, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyafro

I Have a lit file but when i load it into book designer the text is bunched (by which i mean each line is only a few words long then it jumps to the next line) like the word take up the right side of the page

The problem you have is that this ILLEGAL book was poorly formatted when it was converted to LIT. If it was a LEGAL LIT, it would have been properly formatted.

If you are going to ask for help, please don't ask for help where it is obvious that you want help on a book you've illegally downloaded.

grimo1re · 09-06-2007, 05:42 AM

I've seen PG books like that too though...or did I do something wrong. It's one of the reasons I don't like to download classics from PG but rather go to Manybooks.

HarryT · 09-06-2007, 06:30 AM

PG books in text format always (or at least, virtually always) have a hard line break at the end of every line. There are many tools which will strip these out - eg Stingo's Word macro, Book Designer, txt2lrf, etc.

Liviu_5 · 09-06-2007, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem you have is that this ILLEGAL book was poorly formatted when it was converted to LIT. If it was a LEGAL LIT, it would have been properly formatted.

If you are going to ask for help, please don't ask for help where it is obvious that you want help on a book you've illegally downloaded.

With all due respect, this kind of post is one that sends a chilling note down on my spine. How would you know the book is illegal? Prove it...

Bad formatting, well try a legal pdf and extract text, see what happens. Just yesterday or so, I saw a cc book released only in pdf that interested me (Winning Mars - by J. Stoddard - go and check see it's legal), I extracted the text and what I got was messy.

Usually I use a very simple free tool, called E-Book Tidy, joins lines, removes blank lines, very, very useful.

JSWolf · 09-06-2007, 09:15 AM

Does E-Book Tidy handle double line spaces to leave the single line space that is supposed to be there?

andyafro · 09-06-2007, 10:06 AM

thanks jwolf for replacing my example your looks better

Liviu_5 · 09-06-2007, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does E-Book Tidy handle double line spaces to leave the single line space that is supposed to be there?

It has some options (remove extra blank lines, remove all blank lines, join lines).

I cannot say what it does in detail, just that for quick reformatting of ocr'ed scans or extracted pdf's this is the best (I think overall BD is much better but complicated)

You can get it for free from here:

http://www.simtel.net/product.php%5B...t_page%5D76296

09-03-2007, 05:01 PM	#1
andyafro Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 140 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: sony reader prs-500	Bunched Text I Have a lit file but when i load it into book designer the text is bunched (by which i mean each line is only a few words long then it jumps to the next line) like the word take up the right side of the page LIKE THIS The elderly lady-bee who helped the baby-bee Maya when she awoke to life and slipped from her cell was called Cassandra and commanded great respect in the hive. Those were exciting days. A rebellion had broken out in the nation of bees, which the queen was unable to suppress. Do i have to go through the whole lot and re-arrange it or it there a tool to sort it out. i converted it to an html and its worse the writing is really small and it takes up less space on the right. must be a tool to re-arranged the text Last edited by JSWolf; 09-04-2007 at 08:56 AM. Reason: edited to remove the illegal stuff

09-06-2007, 10:06 AM	#9
andyafro Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 140 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: sony reader prs-500	thanks jwolf for replacing my example your looks better Last edited by andyafro; 09-06-2007 at 07:53 PM. Reason: day 30 of my stop smoking plan still having them moments

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09-04-2007, 02:46 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you look at the HTML you should be able to easily see why it's being displayed that way. Perhaps there are hard line breaks in it.

09-04-2007, 06:21 AM	#3
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	And, if there are hard line breaks then Stingo's macro sorts them out in no time. Just edit in word and run the macro.

09-06-2007, 05:42 AM	#5
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	I've seen PG books like that too though...or did I do something wrong. It's one of the reasons I don't like to download classics from PG but rather go to Manybooks.

09-06-2007, 06:30 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	PG books in text format always (or at least, virtually always) have a hard line break at the end of every line. There are many tools which will strip these out - eg Stingo's Word macro, Book Designer, txt2lrf, etc.

09-06-2007, 09:15 AM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,300 Karma: 145488788 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Does E-Book Tidy handle double line spaces to leave the single line space that is supposed to be there?

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