Real book reading experience?

[rockster]

Can i tweak e-book viewer, with css or plugin, to get real book reading experience? Something like coolreader.

[DNSB]

A real book reading experience? The first question that comes to mind is what you mean by that? Two page view? The page turn curls like a physical page? Emulating the look of paper that has been around for a century? No font size choices? No tapping the ToC entry to go to the page without flipping a few hundred pages? No carrying a few hundred books in your pocket?

For me, words on the page is the real reading experience. All else is lagniappe.

You could set coolreader as a default for supported formats as a simple solution. Or as a bit of an expensive solution, you could print the ebook and have it bound or simply buy the pbook -- nothing says real book like a kilogram of paper in your hands.

[theducks]

Sorry, but a 'real book' reading experience is what e-reader devices eliminate .

It used to be rare that 'a hard bound book', was more than 1.5 inches thick.
Now it seems rare that they are LESS than 2.5 inches thick.
IMHO that is also too heavy to hold for any length of time (thicker, also means longer reading times), let alone haul around on your commute.
(Similar changes have affected Mass Market Paperbacks)

Same thing goes for the Calibre Viewer. The laptop is just too awkward to use or drag around on a commute (let alone,subject to 'snatch and grab' thefts)
IMHO The Calibre viewer is fine for PREVIEWING a book, but I'de rather slouch in my reading chair with my 6 ounce e-ink reader

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by rockster

Can i tweak e-book viewer, with css or plugin, to get real book reading experience? Something like coolreader.

Possibly, depending on what you are referring to. I have attached my current calibre viewer look. I use this setup on the rare occasion I read on the computer to cut the glare. But most of the time I use an ereader to read my books.

[rockster]

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

Possibly, depending on what you are referring to. I have attached my current calibre viewer look. I use this setup on the rare occasion I read on the computer to cut the glare. But most of the time I use an ereader to read my books.

Can you tell me how to make my calibre book viewer to look like this?

[HolyAura]

Originally Posted by theducks

Sorry, but a 'real book' reading experience is what e-reader devices eliminate .

It used to be rare that 'a hard bound book', was more than 1.5 inches thick.
Now it seems rare that they are LESS than 2.5 inches thick.
IMHO that is also too heavy to hold for any length of time (thicker, also means longer reading times), let alone haul around on your commute.
(Similar changes have affected Mass Market Paperbacks)

Same thing goes for the Calibre Viewer. The laptop is just too awkward to use or drag around on a commute (let alone,subject to 'snatch and grab' thefts)
IMHO The Calibre viewer is fine for PREVIEWING a book, but I'de rather slouch in my reading chair with my 6 ounce e-ink reader

Yeah, the whole reason of an ebook reader is to make it a different experience from a real book.

[HolyAura]

Originally Posted by DNSB

A real book reading experience? The first question that comes to mind is what you mean by that? Two page view? The page turn curls like a physical page? Emulating the look of paper that has been around for a century? No font size choices? No tapping the ToC entry to go to the page without flipping a few hundred pages? No carrying a few hundred books in your pocket?

For me, words on the page is the real reading experience. All else is lagniappe.

You could set coolreader as a default for supported formats as a simple solution. Or as a bit of an expensive solution, you could print the ebook and have it bound or simply buy the pbook -- nothing says real book like a kilogram of paper in your hands.

Yeah, I agree.

[meeera]

This product might help.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by HolyAura

Yeah, the whole reason of an ebook reader is to make it a different experience from a real book.

Cave walls were real books in their time.
Clay tablets were books in their time.
Scrolls were real books in their time.
Bound sheets of material are the hard copy current books
Electrically alterable displays are the emerging book of our period.

These were/are all REAL. Yellowed pages are simply a sign of old age. Those paperbacks on my shelf, did not start out yellowed. That is due to time and chemical residues left in the paper.

I chose an e-ink device because I can HOLD IT and read in many places (unlike the first 3 items on my list above). The second reason (which more closely matches the previous version), is I can read the complete (typical content) book on a single charge.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rockster

Can i tweak e-book viewer, with css or plugin, to get real book reading experience? Something like coolreader.

The eBook you are reading is a real book. There is no real book reading experience. There's different nook reading experiences, but one format is no more real then the other.

So if you want a real book reading experience, then get reading the book you have.

@rockstar, you've come to the wrong place and asked the wrong question.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

@rockstar, you've come to the wrong place and asked the wrong question.

Good point. This is MOBILREAD, not PC read, paper read.
Actually, I would like to see the logo modified to : mobilREAD
READ is what our goal is.
Mobile (portable) devices is how most of us do it.

(Remember when 'portable' just meant it had a handle? Lugable PC's, Tape recorders, 'B" battery operated Radios. )

[Quoth]

EMI Portable Tape Recorder TR50B
1955
458 x 336 x 430 mm / 18 x 13.2 x 16.9 inch
29 kg / 63 lb 14 oz

I like paper books. However I often prefer my eink reader.
Reading an entire book on a laptop, tablet or phone is an evil experience compared to an eink reader, even an ancient one. Paper is superior to most laptops.

The sheer space taken by my paper books is a problem. A few are unsuitable for ANY current screen. However, while I have a paper copy of Magician, I'm only likely to re-read my ebook copy.

The eink dedicated ereader gives a real reading experience for most novels. Sometimes a better reading experience than paper.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

EMI Portable Tape Recorder TR50B
1955
458 x 336 x 430 mm / 18 x 13.2 x 16.9 inch
29 kg / 63 lb 14 oz

On my first job I had to master the use of a Webster portable wire recorder, cut and paste with a jeweller's wire cutter and reef knots.

BR

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by theducks

(Remember when 'portable' just meant it had a handle? Luggable PC's, Tape recorders, 'B" battery operated Radios. )

I remember trying to pick up a "portable" colour TV and watching the metal top move upwards with the handle before the bottom lifted off the floor. Who calls a 78 pound device portable?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I remember trying to pick up a "portable" colour TV and watching the metal top move upwards with the handle before the bottom lifted off the floor. Who calls a 78 pound device portable?

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