Stanza offering during Read an E-Book Week

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-24-2009, 08:47 AM

Rita Toews passed on to me yesterday that Stanza, the iPhone e-book reading app, will feature a special catalog of books available for free during Read an E-Book Week, March 8-14.

Lexcycle, maker of Stanza, has been a strong supporter of Read an E-Book Week, and unlike certain computer moguls we know (cough-SteveJobs!-cough), sees a bright future for e-books read on the iPhone and iPod touch, and for many other devices in the future.

Additional note: As I had already announced the availability of my novel, Berserker, for free during REBW, Stanza will be including my novel in their catalog.

Moe The Cat · 02-24-2009, 08:28 PM

Forgive me, Steve, but I don't own an iPhone or iTouch and have never used Stanza. Do you know in what formats these titles will be offered? Do I need Stanza Desktop to download/read them, or can I copy them directly to my device?

Incidently, I'm re-reading Berserker to get ready for your release of The Lens, the next installment in the Kestral Voyages series. Carolyn Kestral reminds me of Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-24-2009, 09:23 PM

Stanza creates individual "apps" out of each book. You have to download Stanza to your device to read the apps. Stanza can convert ePub and eReader files to Stanza, which, I believe, is a format of its own or a unique packaging of one of those formats. Right now, you can only use Stanza on the iPhone and iPod Touch, but Lexcycle is working on developing versions for other platforms.

I don't know which books will be made available by Stanza, but there's a good chance that many of them will also be made available by their publishers, for free, in other formats. (If you didn't already have Berserker, you will be able to get it from my site for free that week.)

pilotbob · 02-24-2009, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Stanza creates individual "apps" out of each book.

What do you mean by this? Do you mean on the iPod Touch? If you think what I think you mean then that isn't correct.

BOb

bwaldron · 02-25-2009, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

What do you mean by this? Do you mean on the iPod Touch? If you think what I think you mean then that isn't correct.

Yeah, Stanza's native format is ePub. (There are some apps in the app store that "package" Stanza and a book together, which may be the cause of some confusion.)

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-25-2009, 07:31 AM

Sorry, that was my understanding of how Stanza worked (I don't use it either, it's not out for LG Dare!).

pilotbob · 02-25-2009, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Sorry, that was my understanding of how Stanza worked (I don't use it either, it's not out for LG Dare!).

No... Stanza is an App in the App store. Once you install it you use it to d/l and manage books. The library of books exists withing Stanza itself.

There is a company that sells "apps" of PD books. Each book is it's own separate app. So, if you have 10 of them then you have 10 apps (icons) on your iPod touch. That I don't like.

Stanza works better... and heck it is free... and you can get all the same books that other place is selling "app books" as for free too.

BOb

DaleDe · 02-25-2009, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

No... Stanza is an App in the App store. Once you install it you use it to d/l and manage books. The library of books exists withing Stanza itself.

There is a company that sells "apps" of PD books. Each book is it's own separate app. So, if you have 10 of them then you have 10 apps (icons) on your iPod touch. That I don't like.

Stanza works better... and heck it is free... and you can get all the same books that other place is selling "app books" as for free too.

BOb

I am not sure how much better it works. The first thing Stanza does when importing a file is to strip all the formatting, bolding, italics, and the like from the input file and then formats it for ePUB. This would seem to lose significant information IMHO.

Dale

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-25-2009, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I am not sure how much better it works. The first thing Stanza does when importing a file is to strip all the formatting, bolding, italics, and the like from the input file and then formats it for ePUB.

And if the file is already in ePub?

bwaldron · 02-25-2009, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

And if the file is already in ePub?

Then it is just fine. The formatting problems occur when using the Stanza desktop app to convert to ePub (at least in the Windows version).

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-26-2009, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwaldron

Then it is just fine. The formatting problems occur when using the Stanza desktop app to convert to ePub (at least in the Windows version).

Excellent, as I gave them an ePub file!

robinson · 03-09-2009, 11:08 AM

Steve, your Berserker download from Stanza isn't working-- it generates an error message!

Could you post the epub version on your web site? I didn't see it there! Thanks for making it available...

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-09-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robinson

Steve, your Berserker download from Stanza isn't working-- it generates an error message!

Could you post the epub version on your web site? I didn't see it there! Thanks for making it available...

If you go to the novels page of my site, you'll see it there (as well as the other formats).

I believe there's something different about the way Stanza handles ePub files, but Lexcycle had not informed me that it wasn't working at all. I'll see what I can find out from them.

Penforhire · 03-09-2009, 11:26 AM

Thanks for the heads-up!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-09-2009, 12:32 PM

Maybe this comment in another thread will help.

02-24-2009, 08:47 AM	#1
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Stanza offering during Read an E-Book Week Rita Toews passed on to me yesterday that Stanza, the iPhone e-book reading app, will feature a special catalog of books available for free during Read an E-Book Week, March 8-14. Lexcycle, maker of Stanza, has been a strong supporter of Read an E-Book Week, and unlike certain computer moguls we know (cough-SteveJobs!-cough), sees a bright future for e-books read on the iPhone and iPod touch, and for many other devices in the future. Additional note: As I had already announced the availability of my novel, Berserker, for free during REBW, Stanza will be including my novel in their catalog.

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02-24-2009, 08:28 PM	#2
Moe The Cat Bear Melt Posts: 919 Karma: 5433051 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto Device: Google Pixel 6, Moto G9 Power (both with Fbreader) & Kindle PW2	Forgive me, Steve, but I don't own an iPhone or iTouch and have never used Stanza. Do you know in what formats these titles will be offered? Do I need Stanza Desktop to download/read them, or can I copy them directly to my device? Incidently, I'm re-reading Berserker to get ready for your release of The Lens, the next installment in the Kestral Voyages series. Carolyn Kestral reminds me of Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager.

02-24-2009, 09:23 PM	#3
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Stanza creates individual "apps" out of each book. You have to download Stanza to your device to read the apps. Stanza can convert ePub and eReader files to Stanza, which, I believe, is a format of its own or a unique packaging of one of those formats. Right now, you can only use Stanza on the iPhone and iPod Touch, but Lexcycle is working on developing versions for other platforms. I don't know which books will be made available by Stanza, but there's a good chance that many of them will also be made available by their publishers, for free, in other formats. (If you didn't already have Berserker, you will be able to get it from my site for free that week.)

02-25-2009, 07:31 AM	#6
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Sorry, that was my understanding of how Stanza worked (I don't use it either, it's not out for LG Dare!).

03-09-2009, 11:08 AM	#12
robinson Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 997293 Join Date: Jan 2003	Steve, your Berserker download from Stanza isn't working-- it generates an error message! Could you post the epub version on your web site? I didn't see it there! Thanks for making it available...

03-09-2009, 11:26 AM	#14
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Thanks for the heads-up!

03-09-2009, 12:32 PM	#15
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Maybe this comment in another thread will help.