Convert to Epub ?

JPS · 06-07-2011, 01:25 PM

Hi !

Maybe a silly question but... Here it goes:

I have a Sony PRS 650 and allready downloaded quite a few free ebooks. They come as *.PDF, *.DOC, *.LRF and even as *.TXT... but mose of them are in *.EPUB format.

Is it worth converting the other type of books into EPUB format ? What might I gain ?

Your opinion please ?

TIA.

J-P.

theducks · 06-07-2011, 01:50 PM

A nicer looking book

if you take care with your conversion choices.

PDF is a very poor format choice when it comes to reflowing to fit a different display than the document was designed for.

plain TXT has little style capability.
The rest have some style

. How well your device handles that (and still allow Reflow and Resize) is up to you to judge.

For me. EPUB was the choice.
The first thing I do to make a pleasing 'read' on my PEz (5" display), is set the body base font to 1.2em and the margins to L=2pt,R=16pt
This allows me to read with a mid point Zoom setting (text about the same size as the paperback) and avoid text smearing on the @#$% ADE page numbers on the R-edge.

JPS · 06-07-2011, 02:11 PM

Thanks for the quick reply !

I guess I'll have to try different output choices, like the ones you mentionned... Good, that'll keep me busy for a while !

J-P.

06-07-2011, 01:25 PM	#1
JPS Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Device: iPad II	Convert to Epub ? Hi ! Maybe a silly question but... Here it goes: I have a Sony PRS 650 and allready downloaded quite a few free ebooks. They come as .PDF, .DOC, .LRF and even as .TXT... but mose of them are in *.EPUB format. Is it worth converting the other type of books into EPUB format ? What might I gain ? Your opinion please ? TIA. J-P.

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06-07-2011, 01:50 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,273 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	A nicer looking book if you take care with your conversion choices. PDF is a very poor format choice when it comes to reflowing to fit a different display than the document was designed for. plain TXT has little style capability. The rest have some style . How well your device handles that (and still allow Reflow and Resize) is up to you to judge. For me. EPUB was the choice. The first thing I do to make a pleasing 'read' on my PEz (5" display), is set the body base font to 1.2em and the margins to L=2pt,R=16pt This allows me to read with a mid point Zoom setting (text about the same size as the paperback) and avoid text smearing on the @#$% ADE page numbers on the R-edge.

06-07-2011, 02:11 PM	#3
JPS Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Device: iPad II	Thanks for the quick reply ! I guess I'll have to try different output choices, like the ones you mentionned... Good, that'll keep me busy for a while ! J-P.

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