Question about Penguin Classics e-book editions - Page 2

KevinH · 12-03-2010, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

The Kobo has no support for hyperlinks within a text. This is a major shortcoming for reading this type of book.

Is this true? Being Canadian, I was going to buy one of those Kobo readers for my wife but footnotes, internal tocs, sidenotes, and other internal hypertext links are a strict requirement for any modern ereader platform (the very old Peanut pdb format supports all of these!)

This is a huge omission for the Kobo reader.

Wow! Thank you for informing me of that.

KevinH

raymiles · 12-03-2010, 10:35 PM

I reported the formatting problems with the Wordsworth poems to Amazon/Kindle and within minutes received an apology and the offer of a refund, which I accepted. Minutes later, the book was removed from my archive.
I then downloaded the epub version of the same book from Apple iBooks and the formatting is even WORSE, with text disappearing off the right margin on my iPod and the file refusing to open at all using Adobe Digital Editions on my MacBook!
I have reported the matter to Apple and requested a refund. Will I get it I wonder?

HarryT · 12-05-2010, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Is this true? Being Canadian, I was going to buy one of those Kobo readers for my wife but footnotes, internal tocs, sidenotes, and other internal hypertext links are a strict requirement for any modern ereader platform (the very old Peanut pdb format supports all of these!)

This is a huge omission for the Kobo reader.

Wow! Thank you for informing me of that.

KevinH

Yes, it is true. Ask in the Kobo forum if you don't believe me

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pholy · 12-05-2010, 03:48 PM

Yep, Harry is right (about ereaders, anyway - I sometimes disagree about other things

). The new Kobo software (to be released Real Soon Now) apparently can handle hyperlinks, albeit clumsily.

My BeBook 2010 does a much better job with hyperlinks, and its ergonomics work better for me, as well.

GreenMonkey · 12-06-2010, 03:51 AM

I rarely buy DRM books, but I picked up Livy's Early History of Rome (Penguin Edition) for my History of Rome class this summer because I wanted to be able to read it in bits here and there. (Of course, I stripped the nasty DRM).

It was very well formatted, had occasional footnotes that worked. No issues. Good edition. My teacher recommended the Penguin editions (or one other newer edition).

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12-03-2010, 10:35 PM	#17
raymiles Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: iPod Touch, MacBook	I reported the formatting problems with the Wordsworth poems to Amazon/Kindle and within minutes received an apology and the offer of a refund, which I accepted. Minutes later, the book was removed from my archive. I then downloaded the epub version of the same book from Apple iBooks and the formatting is even WORSE, with text disappearing off the right margin on my iPod and the file refusing to open at all using Adobe Digital Editions on my MacBook! I have reported the matter to Apple and requested a refund. Will I get it I wonder?

12-05-2010, 03:48 PM	#19
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Yep, Harry is right (about ereaders, anyway - I sometimes disagree about other things ). The new Kobo software (to be released Real Soon Now) apparently can handle hyperlinks, albeit clumsily. My BeBook 2010 does a much better job with hyperlinks, and its ergonomics work better for me, as well.

12-06-2010, 03:51 AM	#20
GreenMonkey DRM hater Posts: 945 Karma: 2066176 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan Device: Nook ST glow, Kindle Voyage	I rarely buy DRM books, but I picked up Livy's Early History of Rome (Penguin Edition) for my History of Rome class this summer because I wanted to be able to read it in bits here and there. (Of course, I stripped the nasty DRM). It was very well formatted, had occasional footnotes that worked. No issues. Good edition. My teacher recommended the Penguin editions (or one other newer edition).

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