Format of RTFs?

cstromme · 05-05-2008, 10:06 AM

Hi everybody, I just got my first ebook today after finding these forums a couple of weeks back and reading the suggestion-threads.

I have a large archive of books in RTF format, and for future compatibility I'm not really interested in converting all of these to the LRF format. I would love for them to appear "properly" on the reader though, as in the book title and author being properly recognized by it. I see some of my books appear to be listed correctly, others are just listed as the filename, and some even have some weird, but real, author names that I can't seem to find anywhere in the files.

So, how do I name the RTF files so that the title and author is parsed correctly by the Sony reader?

Oh, I have the 505 if that matters in any way, and I'm on OS X so I can't use the software that came with it.

WillAdams · 05-05-2008, 12:40 PM

That's why I've been working on making .pdfs to view on the Sony --- should be pretty straight-forward w/ the .rtfs on Mac OS X, just open them in TextEdit.app and ``print'' to a .pdf.

There's been some discussion of this, and ISTR someone having posted a .ppd file which would optimize such .pdfs for pagesize and fontsize.

William

cstromme · 05-05-2008, 12:42 PM

But what is the reader doing to get the title of the book and the author from the RTF files? It must be parsing it somehow?

NatCh · 05-05-2008, 12:45 PM

They're encoded in the header of the RTF. This thread will likely be of interest, and help to you.

HarryT · 05-05-2008, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cstromme

But what is the reader doing to get the title of the book and the author from the RTF files? It must be parsing it somehow?

It's the document information. If you have Microsoft Word, display the document properties, and simply fill in the "Author" and "Title" fields.

cstromme · 05-05-2008, 05:26 PM

Thank you! Seems I can edit this in TextEdit.

05-05-2008, 10:06 AM	#1
cstromme Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Format of RTFs? Hi everybody, I just got my first ebook today after finding these forums a couple of weeks back and reading the suggestion-threads. I have a large archive of books in RTF format, and for future compatibility I'm not really interested in converting all of these to the LRF format. I would love for them to appear "properly" on the reader though, as in the book title and author being properly recognized by it. I see some of my books appear to be listed correctly, others are just listed as the filename, and some even have some weird, but real, author names that I can't seem to find anywhere in the files. So, how do I name the RTF files so that the title and author is parsed correctly by the Sony reader? Oh, I have the 505 if that matters in any way, and I'm on OS X so I can't use the software that came with it.

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05-05-2008, 12:40 PM	#2
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,260 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	That's why I've been working on making .pdfs to view on the Sony --- should be pretty straight-forward w/ the .rtfs on Mac OS X, just open them in TextEdit.app and ``print'' to a .pdf. There's been some discussion of this, and ISTR someone having posted a .ppd file which would optimize such .pdfs for pagesize and fontsize. William

05-05-2008, 12:42 PM	#3
cstromme Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	But what is the reader doing to get the title of the book and the author from the RTF files? It must be parsing it somehow?

05-05-2008, 12:45 PM	#4
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	They're encoded in the header of the RTF. This thread will likely be of interest, and help to you.

05-05-2008, 05:26 PM	#6
cstromme Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thank you! Seems I can edit this in TextEdit.