Feedbooks Kindle Download Guide - Page 7

MonaLS · 08-31-2008, 08:25 PM

THANK YOU!!! I deleted it, downloaded again and it works perfectly!

Hadrien · 10-20-2008, 07:15 AM

I'm working on a complete redesign of the guide, should be online in the upcoming days.

Hadrien · 10-20-2008, 09:34 AM

First version of the redesigned Kindle Guide available: http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide

- New design philosophy: since it's much easier to click on an element that's on the right of the screen, I've moved all the links to the right
- One page for every author and book, with a description if it's available (I'll introduce various improvements to the main website to multiply the number of descriptions), and several links
- Better integration between the mobile website and the guide: you can look for similar books, add a comment, browse a subject etc...

I'll keep on improving the new guide and I'll probably add more content too, now that authors can easily upload their own creations too: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?lang=en
I'll probably do a special feature for NaNoWriMo next month: http://www.nanowrimo.org

Any feedback would be helpful.

pilotbob · 10-20-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

- New design philosophy: since it's much easier to click on an element that's on the right of the screen, I've moved all the links to the right
- One page for every author and book, with a description if it's available (I'll introduce various improvements to the main website to multiply the number of descriptions), and several links

Any feedback would be helpful.

Much better to read... but weird problems...

I navigated to TOC... then page to authors list. From there I page to Doctorow, Cory. I click on him and it goes to his bio page... so far so good. But, from there I click back, it should (expected) take me back to the list of authors... but it takes me back to Location 24572. Also, on this page everything is on the left margin. If I press back again I am taken to location 91... once again every thing is left justified, not right justified.

Also... on TOC Recently Added and Top Downloads are not right justified... is this on purpose?

Suggestion... on the TOC have the following links:

Recently Added
Top Downloads
Books - Alphabetical Order link to Index
Author Alphabetical Order link to Index

I would also like to see an Apha Index added for Authors like you have for books.

Hadrien · 10-20-2008, 03:09 PM

Quote:

I navigated to TOC... then page to authors list. From there I page to Doctorow, Cory. I click on him and it goes to his bio page... so far so good. But, from there I click back, it should (expected) take me back to the list of authors... but it takes me back to Location 24572. Also, on this page everything is on the left margin. If I press back again I am taken to location 91... once again every thing is left justified, not right justified.

That's a common problem with Mobipocket. Instead of, let's say ePub with DE where the whole XML flow is parsed, Mobipocket doesn't parse everything. Therefore, if you jump somewhere, you can have problem with the tags. In this case it's the alignment but it could have been a problem with bold/italics etc... I could specify how each item should be aligned instead of using a block, but I'm not even sure that this would fix the problem with Mobipocket's behavior.

Quote:

Also... on TOC Recently Added and Top Downloads are not right justified... is this on purpose?

Nah, I need to fix this.

Quote:

Suggestion... on the TOC have the following links:

Recently Added
Top Downloads
Books - Alphabetical Order link to Index
Author Alphabetical Order link to Index

Well, take a look at the file on your computer and you'll notice that these links are already both in the real TOC, and the inline HTML TOC. Unfortunately, TOC support is very limited on the Kindle.

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I would also like to see an Apha Index added for Authors like you have for books.

It's already in the TOC.

pilotbob · 10-20-2008, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

It's already in the TOC.

Ok,

I'm not seeing this.

On my Kindle I go to TOC... I see:

"Recently Added" link
"Top Downloads" Link

"Books - Alphabetical Order"

a..z links

"Authors - Alphabetical Order"

list of authors as links

"Lists - Alphabetical Order" ... etc

Where is the a..z index links for authors?

BOb

Hadrien · 10-20-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Ok,

I'm not seeing this.

On my Kindle I go to TOC... I see:

"Recently Added" link
"Top Downloads" Link

"Books - Alphabetical Order"

a..z links

"Authors - Alphabetical Order"

list of authors as links

"Lists - Alphabetical Order" ... etc

Where is the a..z index links for authors?

BOb

Ok, that what you called an alpha index (keep in mind that english isn't my first language). Yes, in this case there's only a list of authors in alphabetical order.
I could change this to: Authors - Alphabetical Order -> A-Z -> Authors for each letter

pilotbob · 10-20-2008, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

Ok, that what you called an alpha index (keep in mind that english isn't my first language). Yes, in this case there's only a list of authors in alphabetical order.

Yes sorry... that's why I said "index" not "list" ... No worries.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

I could change this to: Authors - Alphabetical Order -> A-Z -> Authors for each letter

I think that would make it easier to navigate the authors list. If I know the authors last name starts with "U" I won't have to go through 25 or so pages of the list.

BOb

Hadrien · 10-20-2008, 05:57 PM

Just updated the guide once again thanks to your feedback: http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide

pilotbob · 10-20-2008, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

Just updated the guide once again thanks to your feedback: http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide

Nice. This one is great. Also, now when I go back it maintains the alignment... did you change something on that?

Your service is great. Do you have a donate paypal account? I looked on your front page and don't see one. You should add it.

BOb

Hadrien · 11-07-2008, 05:17 AM

Added a few extra items in the guide:
- Original books with each month the selection of most popular books. For example, Mortal Ghost, Fall Love, Mars Girl, Rowan of the Wood...
- The list of all subjects on Feedbooks in the TOC

feeji · 12-05-2008, 04:18 PM

Thanks for the guide. Tried it out and it works great.

detacht69 · 02-23-2009, 08:33 PM

This site is neat! I'd donate if I could just because they have a great selection and easy to navigate and download.

But I'm sad they don't have some of my fav authors like

Chuck Palahniuk
Henry Miller
Hunter S. Thompson
Elmore Leonard
Cormac McCarthy

pilotbob · 02-23-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by detacht69

Chuck Palahniuk
Henry Miller
Hunter S. Thompson
Elmore Leonard
Cormac McCarthy

You do realize the Feedbooks.com only has books that are in the public domain right? All of the authors you list above are pretty contemporary and half of them are still alive. Books don't go into the public domain in the US until 70 years after the authors death.

BOb

detacht69 · 02-23-2009, 08:44 PM

Oh... I did NOT realize that.. lol but now that you mention it I DO realize now the books there are pretty old

Thanks

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08-31-2008, 08:25 PM	#91
MonaLS Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 34 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Kindle (Gen 1), Kindle DX, Kindle Fire, LG Enact	THANK YOU!!! I deleted it, downloaded again and it works perfectly!

10-20-2008, 07:15 AM	#92
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	I'm working on a complete redesign of the guide, should be online in the upcoming days.

10-20-2008, 09:34 AM	#93
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	First version of the redesigned Kindle Guide available: http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide - New design philosophy: since it's much easier to click on an element that's on the right of the screen, I've moved all the links to the right - One page for every author and book, with a description if it's available (I'll introduce various improvements to the main website to multiply the number of descriptions), and several links - Better integration between the mobile website and the guide: you can look for similar books, add a comment, browse a subject etc... I'll keep on improving the new guide and I'll probably add more content too, now that authors can easily upload their own creations too: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbooks/recent?lang=en I'll probably do a special feature for NaNoWriMo next month: http://www.nanowrimo.org Any feedback would be helpful.

10-20-2008, 05:57 PM	#99
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Just updated the guide once again thanks to your feedback: http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide

11-07-2008, 05:17 AM	#101
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Added a few extra items in the guide: - Original books with each month the selection of most popular books. For example, Mortal Ghost, Fall Love, Mars Girl, Rowan of the Wood... - The list of all subjects on Feedbooks in the TOC

12-05-2008, 04:18 PM	#102
feeji Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 254 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: kindle	Thanks for the guide. Tried it out and it works great.

02-23-2009, 08:33 PM	#103
detacht69 Still Amazing-Only Better Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Howston, TX Device: New K3 Owner	This site is neat! I'd donate if I could just because they have a great selection and easy to navigate and download. But I'm sad they don't have some of my fav authors like Chuck Palahniuk Henry Miller Hunter S. Thompson Elmore Leonard Cormac McCarthy

02-23-2009, 08:44 PM	#105
detacht69 Still Amazing-Only Better Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Howston, TX Device: New K3 Owner	Oh... I did NOT realize that.. lol but now that you mention it I DO realize now the books there are pretty old Thanks