The Grand Experiment!

[Madam Broshkina]

As part of your grand experiment I would check out the way the Sony handles collections. It really makes a big difference if you have a lot of books. As others have stated I would stick with LRF if you are going to convert any of your books.

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

As part of your grand experiment I would check out the way the Sony handles collections. It really makes a big difference if you have a lot of books. As others have stated I would stick with LRF if you are going to convert any of your books.

I will check out collections. I have used a friend's 700 so I've seen how they work in the reader but I didn't know until after that you have to use the Sony software to create them.

The Grand Experiment is about ePub, so that's what I'll be using as much as possible. I asked the format question because there seems to be so much touting of ePub and I was curious if Sony owners are really using it and if it is worthy of being the "new standard".

[Madam Broshkina]

I have heard that Calibre can do collections also. I have never tried though. I use Calibre to make my books but always use the Sony Software to load them on to my reader. I think I may be one of the few people out there who has had no major problems with the software.

[tech_au]

I have no problem with purchasing epub titles and the justification problem that annoys some people I find doesn't annoy me.
I just think calibre converts better to lrf than epub.
I am currently reading a purchased PDF called Acacia by David Anthony Durham and it must be the best formatted PDF I have read. You hardly even know you are reading a reflowed PDF(apart from the usual partial page problem). Pity this is not how all PDFs are formatted as some are pretty ordinary.

[omk3]

I don't really use the sony software much, but it is really easy to make collections with calibre. Every tag you add to a book becomes a collection. A book can of course belong to more than one collections at the same time.

I like epub, and I usually convert to epub if I have to choose. I haven't given it much thought, so I can't really say why I like it more than lrf. The page numbers on the side can be just a little bit annoying sometimes, but I don't mind the left justification at all. I actually prefer it from full justification.

Good luck with your grand experiment, Daffy!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

....but I decided to go with a Sony 505 (shock and awe! ). Why?, you may ask:
...
I'll be asking a lot of questions, so get ready Sony and ePub People!

Wonderful!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kwjones

I can't think of a single paper book that I own that does not have full justification. I havn't been able to get past the justification in epub yet.

That's a personal problem. I prefer ragged-right myself instead of irregular spacing and hyphenation -- that just makes it hard on the eyes.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Then you will have to get a nook to do a Nook myths... and... and...

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[daffy4u]

The Silver 505 arrives today but alas, I am at work. I really won't get a chance to play with it until Wednesday. So I guess, I'll just charge it on my home computer overnight. I ordered a wall charger but it probably won't arrive until next week.

Soon, "The Grand Experiment" will begin, (now I have to find some ePub freebies at Sony & B&N and a few other places).

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

The Silver 505 arrives today but alas, I am at work. I really won't get a chance to play with it until Wednesday. So I guess, I'll just charge it on my home computer overnight. I ordered a wall charger but it probably won't arrive until next week.

Soon, "The Grand Experiment" will begin, (now I have to find some ePub freebies at Sony & B&N and a few other places).

Or you might consider "freeing" and converting some that you have already for a more direct comparison?

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Or you might consider "freeing" and converting some that you have already for a more direct comparison?

I'm hoping that if I find a freebie it will also be a freebie in the Kindle store. :0

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

I'm hoping that if I find a freebie it will also be a freebie in the Kindle store. :0

Good point or check google books they often have both epub and mobi, but not necessarily formatted/edited very well.

Oh and right here at MR of course. Many books are in both formats and some are real elegant!

[JSWolf]

Check out Three Men in a Boat in ePub. I cannot say if you will like it or not, but it does look nice and it was formatted by our own Zelda Pinwheel.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48377

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Check out Three Men in a Boat in ePub. I cannot say if you will like it or not, but it does look nice and it was formatted by our own Zelda Pinwheel.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48377

The thing with getting books from MR is that they will always be superior, no matter the format. I want to see what run of the mill, run through the regular ePub factory ebooks look like.

[MerLock]

Just out of curiosity. Does Adobe have an itouch application to read ePubs? I have a 505 and always wondered if I could read DRM'ed ePubs on the itouch.