Free & bargain romance ebooks & discussion in April 2014

[cfrizz]

I'm glad I'm not that particular or finicky. I'm just happy to have so many stories all in one volume!

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by cfrizz

I'm glad I'm not that particular or finicky. I'm just happy to have so many stories all in one volume!

Not sure if its finicky. The one Blossom fixed for me, I couldn't change the font it was so badly formatted. I have to at least be able to read the thing.

And on my PW, I like to use the time left in book feature and it doesn't work when its one long file. I don't know where I am at when I am reading, how far in the story. The percentage is all messed up too of course.

The Exposed one I just got for example is so badly formatted, there is no go to menu. I can't even go from story to story using the go to feature. No chapters are listed anywhere.

[library addict]

I thought ePub split had a feature where you could open each section to see what it had. I uninstalled the plugin or I would check.

You could always open the Epub in Edit Book and delete the unwanted sections. I know if you double-click on the section in the left side panel it brings up the HTML for it in the middle with the preview panel on the right. May take longer than with ePub split, but you'd have control over what ended up in the book(s).

Dear Author just had a tutorial on using ePub split the other day http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/using-e...tion-box-sets/

[laurla]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Blossom had to help me out before when I got a 10 book set and couldn't get to a book.
Without her I wouldn't have been able to read the one book I really wanted to read. I haven't even attempted any of the others in that set.

Unfortunately, I am having problems again with the "Exposed" 10 book set I just bought. I cannot figure out a way to split this. I try using it after I extracted the epub and I have nothing but one file listed. Nothing to mark each book and create new book.

I think I really am going to stop buying boxed set. They aren't worth my frustration anymore.

I tried converting from epub to epub and I got a long list of files, but no indication where the next book stars. How am I suppose to split if I don't know whats what.

If epub to epub at least split the files, you should be able to hover over each section to "see" how that section starts... of course, if the breaks in the original file make no sense, then that might not work either.

When I've had issues, I've had better luck when I convert the AZW3 file to epub instead of unpacking it. Maybe something to do with the kindle programming that goes away when you unpack the epub. If you convert the kindle file to epub, there might be programming there that will help with split identification. I don't know these things for sure, I am no Blossom Calibre Queen () but that has worked for me in the past.

[Atunah]

I honestly have no clue what edit book is and what I would do with html. I am barely getting it with that epub split plugin and the unwrap or what its called.
This is all beyond my capabilities I think. And since the original file has no go to menu, I am not even sure the plugins can find whats what. There are no chapters listed at all. Only thing there is is a list of the books in the beginning with a link to them. So I had to go and make a bookmark at the beginning of each book.
Its going to be really weird having to read a book that starts with location 23574. The last book starts at 32178. I'll have to do math while reading. Shudders

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by cfrizz

I'm glad I'm not that particular or finicky. I'm just happy to have so many stories all in one volume!

I don't buy a lot of multi-book volumes. I bought some of the Penguin reissues of the old Nora Roberts categories, when the Kobo discounts worked for Penguin books. The thing that irked me was that the books were out of order!

If they're going to provide the "XYZ series collection", they should at least put the books in the reading order!

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I don't buy a lot of multi-book volumes. I bought some of the Penguin reissues of the old Nora Roberts categories, when the Kobo discounts worked for Penguin books. The thing that irked me was that the books were out of order!

If they're going to provide the "XYZ series collection", they should at least put the books in the reading order!

I totally agree.

And I'm with Atunah, if it doesn't split easily, then I just leave it. But this is also why I have a few boxsets that haven't even been 'opened' yet and I think I'm trying to avoid them. Or maybe it's just because my TBR pile is too darn big.


And, let's continue to add to that pile. This book is rated very high and sounds fun, just came on sale $.99 Frenched by Melanie Harlow
blurb: When Tucker Branch, playboy heir to Branch Bolt and Screw, screws and bolts a week before their wedding, Mia Devine wants nothing more than to crawl under her newly monogrammed sheets and plan a funeral for her dignity. But her friends convince her that bitter tastes better when it’s drowned in Bordeaux, so Mia grits her teeth and packs her bags, determined to make the best of her luxurious Paris honeymoon—alone.

She never planned on meeting Lucas Fournier.

The easygoing bartender’s scruffy good looks and less-than-sympathetic ear annoy her at first, but when she takes him up on his offer to show her around the city, she discovers that the romance of Paris isn’t just a myth.

Nor is the simultaneous O.

The last thing Mia needs is another doomed love affair, but since she only has a week, she figures she might as well enjoy la vie en O with Lucas while she can. But each day—and night—with Lucas is better than the last, and suddenly her heart is telling her this is more than a rebound fling.

Is it just the seduction of Paris…or could this be the real thing?

"Melanie Harlow's contemporary debut is funny, sexy and sweet. Fans of Alice Clayton will love it!" --Laurelin Paige, NYT bestselling author

[library addict]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

If they're going to provide the "XYZ series collection", they should at least put the books in the reading order!

Thathappened to me with a mystery series though I didn't know the books were out of order. Book 3 revealed who the killer was, then back to not knowing in book 4. I was so mad

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I honestly have no clue what edit book is and what I would do with html. I am barely getting it with that epub split plugin and the unwrap or what its called.
This is all beyond my capabilities I think. And since the original file has no go to menu, I am not even sure the plugins can find whats what. There are no chapters listed at all. Only thing there is is a list of the books in the beginning with a link to them. So I had to go and make a bookmark at the beginning of each book.
Its going to be really weird having to read a book that starts with location 23574. The last book starts at 32178. I'll have to do math while reading. Shudders

Edit Book is Calibre's built in HTML editing tool. It's super easy to use, especially if all you are doing is removing sections. But I get that it can feel overwhelming.

If you decide you want to learn, just give a shout. Though I read a book (or five ) on HTML, just about everything I know about ebooks I owe to MobileRead. We're pretty good about helping each other out.

[Terisa de morgan]

Atunah, as Blossom has set, use Edit book. You have the file list in the left zone in the screen and, when you select any of them, you can see in the right zone the content. It will be slower, but I think it can helps.

[Jane A]

Originally Posted by library addict

If you decide you want to learn, just give a shout. Though I read a book (or five ) on HTML, just about everything I know about ebooks I owe to MobileRead. We're pretty good about helping each other out.

Yes! I love everyone here for this! I don't post as much as some here, but I love this group for it's helpfulness and friendliness.

[AnemicOak]

Today's ARe series showcase title (4/17-4/18) is Make Mine a Cowboy by Sandy Sullivan, book one in the Cowboy Dreamin' series.

Mesa Arraguso writes about hot cowboys for a living. Being a romance writer has it perks and its drawbacks. She spends a lot of time alone in front of her computer, but she gets to fantasize about incredibly hot men wearing cowboy boots and Stetsons. While visiting San Antonio, Texas for a writer’s conference, she finds herself stranded on the back roads of Bandera only to be rescued by one of the most gorgeous men she’s ever encountered, be it fantasy or for real.

Joel Young is a cowboy. From the top of his Stetson to the tip of his dirty cowboy boots, he’s cowboy through and through. Along with rescuing women when they do silly things like running out of gas miles from town on a dirt road, he spends his days herding cattle, fixing fences and breaking horses.

Can one handsome cowboy and a city-girl from LA find common ground is the Hill Country long enough to see beyond a quick fling?

This will likely be my last update on the ARe promotion (which ends 4/21-4/22) as I'll be mostly out of touch starting tomorrow.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Blossom had to help me out before when I got a 10 book set and couldn't get to a book.
Without her I wouldn't have been able to read the one book I really wanted to read. I haven't even attempted any of the others in that set.

Unfortunately, I am having problems again with the "Exposed" 10 book set I just bought. I cannot figure out a way to split this. I try using it after I extracted the epub and I have nothing but one file listed. Nothing to mark each book and create new book.

I think I really am going to stop buying boxed set. They aren't worth my frustration anymore.

I tried converting from epub to epub and I got a long list of files, but no indication where the next book stars. How am I suppose to split if I don't know whats what.

This is actually easy to fix using Edit book. You just search for the title of the book, find it then preview it, mark above the title and click split html button then rinse and repeat and I would do a save copy then saving the actually original though. Once it's split up like that then you can use epub split to split it into separate books.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I don't buy a lot of multi-book volumes. I bought some of the Penguin reissues of the old Nora Roberts categories, when the Kobo discounts worked for Penguin books. The thing that irked me was that the books were out of order!

If they're going to provide the "XYZ series collection", they should at least put the books in the reading order!

Yep I had that happen to me with Sally Mackenzie Naked series. I read them out of order too.

I now split the book from the set before reading as Time Left To read is important feature for me and it wouldn't be accurate if I read a bundle.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Blossom to the rescue once again. We really need to get you a superhero name Blossom.
I swear you have helped me more than any tech/support ever thought they knew.

Want to come and fix my desktop computer? *jk*

If you were closer I would be happy to fix it. I do have a superhero name but it's a secret.

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Calibre Queen.

Originally Posted by gabby98

Blossom is a superhero name if you count the PowerPuff Girls

Ack! No! I'm not a fan and this Blossom was around before they were.
It's a nickname hubby gave me when were first married. He said I was like a blossom ready to bloom. When I played Sims I actually has my sim self named Blossom, Hubby was Bud and our sim kids, Bloom, Lily and Stem.

Originally Posted by Britomart

I tried both, and it worked like magic. I even used xpath! Thank you ever so much!

Calibre has changed so much in the last year I feel like I am sooo behind on all the new features being added. Happy to read you got it figured out!



I was sick all yesterday so I layed around doing nothing I am stuck on level 70 of Candy Crush for a week now and about ready to just quit. It's the worst level ever! I haven't done much reading at all. It seems the Target hacking fiasco is still hitting us. Someone how there is a freeze on hubby's credit reports with two of the bureaus. Which means we can't see his report or scores and either can any potential employer or landlord. To make matters worse this all can only be fixed via snail mail and make take over a month! We suppose to be out by end of the month. We don't know what to do.