Kobo newspapers

[RedRoverJ]

Originally Posted by marnom

Just got the same...

Me three.

At least it is a free trial. I will reserve judgment until I have had a chance to read my local daily rag on it.

[jimr]

Ok...now I'm just waiting for the newspaper subscriptions to happen. This is one aspect of my Kobo experience I've been looking forward to. Now that they have their first update finished, hopefully they will get back to this

[SameerH]

Originally Posted by jimr

Ok...now I'm just waiting for the newspaper subscriptions to happen. This is one aspect of my Kobo experience I've been looking forward to. Now that they have their first update finished, hopefully they will get back to this

Definitely a challenge juggling priorities. Hope we can get this out asap as long as we have a great level of quality.

[Musketeer]

While it might be a "nice to have" option on the Kobo, I think there are a number of other devices that would be a better choice for reading newspapers and magazines. Particularly those with the connectivity to deliver them.

As for me, I got the Kobo to be able to unplug and escape from the news and constant information overflow I get from every other device I own. Everything from our bedisde radio to our new TV is now internet connected and pulling in a news feed of some sort!

[jimr]

Originally Posted by Musketeer

While it might be a "nice to have" option on the Kobo, I think there are a number of other devices that would be a better choice for reading newspapers and magazines. Particularly those with the connectivity to deliver them.

As for me, I got the Kobo to be able to unplug and escape from the news and constant information overflow I get from every other device I own. Everything from our bedisde radio to our new TV is now internet connected and pulling in a news feed of some sort!

Good point. It is nice to be able to escape once in awhile. And my Kobo is the perfect escape

[ebiblio]

Originally Posted by RedRoverJ

Works quite well, but still suffers the font problem. For each "paper" I get I have to delete the stylesheet.css file but after that it works like a damn. Very enjoyable and completely free.

Hi RedRoverJ, Just got a Kobo and very interested in getting newspapers into it. I am using Calibre.

Could you tell me how you remove the stylesheet.css file? I looked in the folder where the Calibre subscriptions are downloaded but I only see an epub document and a jpg for each subscription.

In case it matters, I use a Mac with OS 10.5.x but also have access to a Win XP machine.

[zoran]

Originally Posted by ebiblio

Could you tell me how you remove the stylesheet.css file? I looked in the folder where the Calibre subscriptions are downloaded but I only see an epub document and a jpg for each subscription.

In case it matters, I use a Mac with OS 10.5.x but also have access to a Win XP machine.

I see two ways. First is to use Sigil, if it could be used on mac. Second,
unzip the epub, since it is just a container. Remove the css file and zip
it back again.
My best bet is that wifi helps for such a task. Cause there is not one,
I stay calm for this. Anyway, it suits better to desktop.

[ebiblio]

Originally Posted by zoran

I see two ways. First is to use Sigil, if it could be used on mac. Second,
unzip the epub, since it is just a container. Remove the css file and zip
it back again.
My best bet is that wifi helps for such a task. Cause there is not one,
I stay calm for this. Anyway, it suits better to desktop.

Zoran,

Thanks. I used Sigil and I could find the css file. I deleted the css file and saved it. When I load the book back onto the Kobo I can access the table of contents, but when I select anything from that I am always taken to the cover jpg of the ebook.

Any suggestions?

[zoran]

Originally Posted by ebiblio

Thanks. I used Sigil and I could find the css file. I deleted the css file and saved it. When I load the book back onto the Kobo I can access the table of contents, but when I select anything from that I am always taken to the cover jpg of the ebook.

Any suggestions?

Hm! Did the book behave correctly before deleting css?
There is a tab like "tools" and "toc" under it. Could you
try to remake toc first? Save it all and try again. You could
install calibre too, since it has epub reader, just to save
you from copyng file to reader. If not, firefox has addon
doing that: reading epubs.

[ebiblio]

Originally Posted by zoran

Hm! Did the book behave correctly before deleting css?
There is a tab like "tools" and "toc" under it. Could you
try to remake toc first? Save it all and try again. You could
install calibre too, since it has epub reader, just to save
you from copyng file to reader. If not, firefox has addon
doing that: reading epubs.

It did behave correctly prior to deleting the css.

The reason I tried to delete the css was the posting by RedRoverJ who indicated that he had a better reading experience when he did so. Right now, without any modifications to the download, I can manage to read ok. Sometimes I get a blank page with only hyperlinks etc., but overall it is ok for the price of the free download.

I did find the TOC editor in Sigil but not sure what I need to edit in there.

I'm trying to get a better reading experience on the Kobo as I would like to use this while commuting to work, which is why I am trying this out.

[zoran]

Originally Posted by ebiblio

It did behave correctly prior to deleting the css.

The reason I tried to delete the css was the posting by RedRoverJ who indicated that he had a better reading experience when he did so. Right now, without any modifications to the download, I can manage to read ok. Sometimes I get a blank page with only hyperlinks etc., but overall it is ok for the price of the free download.

I'm trying to get a better reading experience on the Kobo as I would like to use this while commuting to work, which is why I am trying this out.

K, just reread the thread. Epub is simply html page put into the container.
There is just a small jump from original web page, also in html. Maybe
multicolumn page makes the trouble? If yes, manage to process it first to
ascii and then to epub?
Kindle does not support epub, I think. And has wifi. Kobo has it's own niche
for users with intention to read books and nothing more. Someone posted
about friend with kindle. Could it be more elaborated of the format the
newspaper used? And borrow that page and put onto kobo? If works fine,
might be possible to mimic the way it was made.

[ebiblio]

Originally Posted by zoran

K, just reread the thread. Epub is simply html page put into the container.
There is just a small jump from original web page, also in html. Maybe
multicolumn page makes the trouble? If yes, manage to process it first to
ascii and then to epub?
Kindle does not support epub, I think. And has wifi. Kobo has it's own niche
for users with intention to read books and nothing more. Someone posted
about friend with kindle. Could it be more elaborated of the format the
newspaper used? And borrow that page and put onto kobo? If works fine,
might be possible to mimic the way it was made.

I see what you're saying but out of my depth here in terms of taking the Kindle subscription and trying to get that format to work with Kobo. I've also been reading about "recipes" used on Calibre. They seem like a pretty powerful way to render documents that way one wants.

Again, I need to spend time learning the basic concepts before I can venture in that direction. In addition, since this is for a newsfeed, I need to automate it as I would not want to spend time formatting my daily news read everytime.

Thanks for the guidance Zoran.