chess ebooks please help me - Page 2

JSWolf · 08-23-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devry

Hi dandan...
Can you share your chess ebook with me ? i have some chess ebook too but not much.

Unless the chess books are public domain, that would be illegal.

Patricia · 08-23-2007, 08:18 PM

I've just had a quick look in PG and there's not many chess books available - two by Edward Lasker (brother of the more famous Emanuel) in ascii, with strange ascii diagrams; and Howard Staunton's 'The Blue Book of Chess' in html.
I tried the latter in BD, but the pictures didn't come out, not even when I tried a book image file. But you may have better luck.

dandan77 · 08-29-2007, 07:28 PM

i scanned a book wich i buy time ago in the net
(silman chess strategy)
but the problem is that it reconaize it after all
as a picture
(as i quated above)
if i try to resize it in the reader as lrf
its go beyond the edge of the reader
so i dont have a solution yet ????

cacapee · 08-29-2007, 08:12 PM

Try pdflrf. I've successfully converted a few chess books in landscape mode. smart cut helps a lot in this case.

jmayor888 · 10-27-2008, 04:24 AM

[link deleted]

you will see more chess ebooks and your questions answers.

ok

Patricia · 10-27-2008, 10:01 AM

I've deleted the link above because many of the books are still in copyright and the site owner specifically says that he does not have the rights to the books.

Patricia · 10-27-2008, 10:04 AM

But as a consolation, here's a link to Znosko-Borovsky's "The Middle Game in Chess"
http://www.gutenberg.ca/
(Go the the bottom of the page.)

It is from PG Canada, so is legal in life of the author+50 years countries.

roger64 · 01-26-2009, 08:45 PM

I think the most convenient way to try to adapt chess books should be using FineReader. It can deal with the diagrams like images and the others things as text, even on double-column documents.

I am not sure however how it would cope with figures in algebraic notation though. And there are so many kinds of chess fonts...You can't be happy with Merida font only. Specially on older chess books.

Will follow this thread. Who knows, somebody will find a brilliant solution.

08-29-2007, 07:28 PM	#18
dandan77 Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: sony reader mio180	i scanned a book i scanned a book wich i buy time ago in the net (silman chess strategy) but the problem is that it reconaize it after all as a picture (as i quated above) if i try to resize it in the reader as lrf its go beyond the edge of the reader so i dont have a solution yet ????

10-27-2008, 04:24 AM	#20
jmayor888 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: none	[link deleted] you will see more chess ebooks and your questions answers. ok Last edited by Patricia; 10-27-2008 at 10:00 AM. Reason: Copyright unclear

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08-23-2007, 08:18 PM	#17
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I've just had a quick look in PG and there's not many chess books available - two by Edward Lasker (brother of the more famous Emanuel) in ascii, with strange ascii diagrams; and Howard Staunton's 'The Blue Book of Chess' in html. I tried the latter in BD, but the pictures didn't come out, not even when I tried a book image file. But you may have better luck.

08-29-2007, 08:12 PM	#19
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	Try pdflrf. I've successfully converted a few chess books in landscape mode. smart cut helps a lot in this case.

10-27-2008, 10:01 AM	#21
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I've deleted the link above because many of the books are still in copyright and the site owner specifically says that he does not have the rights to the books.

10-27-2008, 10:04 AM	#22
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	But as a consolation, here's a link to Znosko-Borovsky's "The Middle Game in Chess" http://www.gutenberg.ca/ (Go the the bottom of the page.) It is from PG Canada, so is legal in life of the author+50 years countries.

01-26-2009, 08:45 PM	#23
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	I think the most convenient way to try to adapt chess books should be using FineReader. It can deal with the diagrams like images and the others things as text, even on double-column documents. I am not sure however how it would cope with figures in algebraic notation though. And there are so many kinds of chess fonts...You can't be happy with Merida font only. Specially on older chess books. Will follow this thread. Who knows, somebody will find a brilliant solution.

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