Steve Jordan Books $1.50 each for "E-Book Week" - Page 2

tompe · 03-02-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ortep

But there are also a few 'nul' characters in the files, they shouldn't be there according to Tompe. He suspected file corruption of some kind. But I wonder if that is correct, it was in all the books. And never in a place that was a problem for reading it on my Cybook. I have the feeling that there is a slight problem somewere in the creation process.

There was also some other non printable characters like C-y or similar. The problem was that these where extra characters so the filepos pointers pointed to the wrong place. Another possibility is that the compression is done in a different way then other files and that the uncompression in the Perl module then introduced the extra characters. They are probably not there in the source material.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-02-2008, 05:43 PM

I use MobiPocket Creator to make my Mobi files, and they've never given me or anyone I've heard of any problems. For the record, they are derived from Word 2000 files run on a Win2K PC, low-tech but effective. I'd guess there's something between MPC and Mobi2html that isn't compatible (and it may just be the difference in years from older to newer versions), but I'd have to look deeper into it with the creator (or the creators of both programs could get together).

tompe · 03-02-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I use MobiPocket Creator to make my Mobi files, and they've never given me or anyone I've heard of any problems.

I will most probaly not be noticed in a reader program. I think the python program also had problem unpacking. But this only seems to be an issue if you want to unpack to the original html file so no big problem for these files.

slayda · 03-02-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Russell

Have you been meaning to grab a copy of one of Steve Jordan's e-books? Now's a great time to do it. All his books are on sale from March 2-8, 2008 for $1.50 at SteveJordanBooks. They are available in a number of DRM-free formats, and are a good read. He is known mostly for his thoughtful science fiction, and is also appreciated for his stance against DRM. He is an active member of the MobileRead forums, as well, so I hope you will consider supporting him by trying one of his titles.

And if you are already a Steve Jordan fan, be sure to check the bundle deals also.

And Encephalopath is a great read even if it is hard to pronounce and spell.

Donnageddon · 03-02-2008, 06:24 PM

This is great Steve! I purchased the $10 bundle. Looks like some great books!

Thanks!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-02-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

And Encephalopath is a great read even if it is hard to pronounce and spell.

Try typing it a lot!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-02-2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Donnageddon

This is great Steve! I purchased the $10 bundle. Looks like some great books!

Thanks!

Thank you!

DMcCunney · 03-02-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Try typing it a lot!

That's what macros are for.

______
Dennis

JWLaRue · 03-02-2008, 09:11 PM

Excellent! I just picked up the 10-pack as well. Now to get my e-ink reader!

-Jeff

JSWolf · 03-02-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I use MobiPocket Creator to make my Mobi files, and they've never given me or anyone I've heard of any problems. For the record, they are derived from Word 2000 files run on a Win2K PC, low-tech but effective. I'd guess there's something between MPC and Mobi2html that isn't compatible (and it may just be the difference in years from older to newer versions), but I'd have to look deeper into it with the creator (or the creators of both programs could get together).

Which level of compression did you use?

Cthulhu · 03-02-2008, 09:30 PM

Will be purchasing that tasty sounding $10 bundle once my latest paycheck apparates in my bank account.

Thanks Steve.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-02-2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Which level of compression did you use?

Mobi Creator does not give me any compression settings to set... just encryption/no encryption choices. It converts the Word to HTML, and uses that for the build. I'm using version 4.0 build 22.

DMcCunney · 03-02-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Mobi Creator does not give me any compression settings to set... just encryption/no encryption choices. It converts the Word to HTML, and uses that for the build. I'm using version 4.0 build 22.

Mobi Creator is up to 4.2. The version I have offers "No Compression", "Standard Compression", and "High Compression" options.

Standard compression appears equivalent to Palm "doc" compression: about 40% on text. High compression seems equivalent to Zip (about 70%), but takes a lot longer, since they are using a technique that lets them start uncompressing at any point in the file. It's intended for dictionaries which need the extra space saving and the ability to uncompress the file starting at somewhere other than the beginning, for performance in word look ups.
______
Dennis

tsgreer · 03-02-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Herley

jackhammer, mine are DRM free too!

* puts on flame-proof suit *

And your books are excellent as well. Hats off to all the DRM-free authors around here.

jackhammer · 03-03-2008, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Herley

jackhammer, mine are DRM free too!

* puts on flame-proof suit *

No worries, Tho I would like to know where I can purchase you book's also.
got a website ?

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03-02-2008, 05:43 PM	#17
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I use MobiPocket Creator to make my Mobi files, and they've never given me or anyone I've heard of any problems. For the record, they are derived from Word 2000 files run on a Win2K PC, low-tech but effective. I'd guess there's something between MPC and Mobi2html that isn't compatible (and it may just be the difference in years from older to newer versions), but I'd have to look deeper into it with the creator (or the creators of both programs could get together).

03-02-2008, 06:24 PM	#20
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	This is great Steve! I purchased the $10 bundle. Looks like some great books! Thanks!

03-02-2008, 09:11 PM	#24
JWLaRue Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Annapolis, MD USA Device: Sony PRS-505 (blue, of course!)	Excellent! I just picked up the 10-pack as well. Now to get my e-ink reader! -Jeff

03-02-2008, 09:30 PM	#26
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Will be purchasing that tasty sounding $10 bundle once my latest paycheck apparates in my bank account. Thanks Steve.