BookDesigner update - Page 9

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I meant break it up into smaller chunks and send the smaller chunks through the g-mail transformation, diabloNL.

I know NatCh, that's what I did. But BD doesn't want to open it.

NatCh · 03-26-2007, 01:04 AM

Ah, well, I guess I should have assumed that was what you meant, diabloNL.

How are you trying to recombine it once you copy it out of the g-mail? I'd think that OpenOffice/Word/WordPad would be the obvious choice. And I guess the other SOQ (Stupidly Obvious Question -- my very own TLA) would be: what format are you saving it in?

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 01:17 AM

I edit the file afterwards with notepad and combine them again into one file. Maybe I'm removing a TAG to many.

NatCh · 03-26-2007, 01:25 AM

Have you tried copy/pasting it directly from your browser straight into something like WordPad, and then saving it as something simple like RTF? Maybe BD would like the taste of that better, and it would, at minimum, avoid the tag thing.

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 01:56 AM

I can try that but I was trying to use this method to see if BD indeed keeps the formatting and with RTF he doesn't.

astra · 03-26-2007, 04:39 AM

Some RTFs that you get after conversion from PDF could be very ODD. In fact, without BD they are considered as a faulty files by the reader. You might want to try to save as HTML, then apply BD. Somtimes PDF->HTML->BD produces much better results than PDF->rtf->BD.

RWood · 03-26-2007, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humandroid

I have several ebooks that I made with BookDesigner that somehow have the date as the author.
I have no idea how that happened.
Is there any way to edit the author and title without starting all over from scratch?
I tried EditLrfMetaGUI but it never works correctly for me.
I always either get errors or unreadable files.

If that has not worked I know of no other way. One of the beauties of BD is the simplicity of it use.

Since your type of reader is not mentioned in your profile I am unsure what format you are creating. If it is for the Sony Reader, there are fill in the blank boxes on the Make eBook|Sony Reader screen that already have the program's best guess as to the title and author. If these are wrong as in your case just change them to the correct value and generate the ebook.

astra · 03-26-2007, 07:02 AM

BD for sony reader is just a ...miracle

All I do is open RTF or HTML in BD, go to Make ebook/Sony Reader, type manually Author and Title, in styles I set parahraph font size (which is the actual size of the main book text), set dutch font and press Make book...10 seconds, the book is ready.

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra_lestat

BD for sony reader is just a ...miracle

All I do is open RTF or HTML in BD, go to Make ebook/Sony Reader, type manually Author and Title, in styles I set parahraph font size (which is the actual size of the main book text), set dutch font and press Make book...10 seconds, the book is ready.

It works good, but not that easy. I always check the book because some paragraph text is sometimes set to "titles" or "subtitles" or even set as paragraph while they should be "title". But it works way faster than word. I don's have to spent hours on a book in word making all look good.

HarryT · 03-26-2007, 11:53 AM

One bug that I have found in BD is that if you do a "View/Book Info", find all the titles, and then step through them one at a time (a good way to find titles which shouldn't be titles), eventually it always crashes BD.

If anyone knows a different way to find the titles, I'd be grateful!

diabloNL · 03-26-2007, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

One bug that I have found in BD is that if you do a "View/Book Info", find all the titles, and then step through them one at a time (a good way to find titles which shouldn't be titles), eventually it always crashes BD.

If anyone knows a different way to find the titles, I'd be grateful!

Tools> Element Browser

Is also great to change the format if wrong.

humandroid · 03-27-2007, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

If that has not worked I know of no other way. One of the beauties of BD is the simplicity of it use.

Since your type of reader is not mentioned in your profile I am unsure what format you are creating. If it is for the Sony Reader, there are fill in the blank boxes on the Make eBook|Sony Reader screen that already have the program's best guess as to the title and author. If these are wrong as in your case just change them to the correct value and generate the ebook.

Yes I do have the Sony Reader and did try to make sure that I always had the correct information in the boxes before creating the book.

I guess I'll just have to remake the books because EditLrfMetaGUI is not working for me and I do not know of any other way to edit the meta tags.

dandan77 · 03-29-2007, 08:09 AM

http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/e107_f...2007_01_29.zip

i posted it again enjoy !!!!!

this update include a special tool that make lrf for the sony reader

vvv · 03-29-2007, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandan77

http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/e107_f...2007_01_29.zip
this update include a special tool that make lrf for the sony reader

This is an update for the testers from www.the-ebook.org, while the final one (2007.03.14) is here
http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/e107_f...esignerExe.zip

JSWolf · 03-29-2007, 04:08 PM

I want to say to vvv a very big THANK YOU!

Now, on to my one peeve... I read Star trek books and they use a lot of italics. I have a bunch of books in lit format I want to convert. But when I load them in, Book Designer gets the italics all wrong. It loses the italics and loses the space in front of the italics section so sometimes words run on without a proper space. Is this something that's on the list to fix? I hope so.

Jon

03-29-2007, 08:09 AM	#133
dandan77 Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: sony reader mio180	the last updae for sony reader easy to find here http://www.the-ebook.org/e107/e107_f...2007_01_29.zip i posted it again enjoy !!!!! this update include a special tool that make lrf for the sony reader

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03-26-2007, 01:04 AM	#122
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ah, well, I guess I should have assumed that was what you meant, diabloNL. How are you trying to recombine it once you copy it out of the g-mail? I'd think that OpenOffice/Word/WordPad would be the obvious choice. And I guess the other SOQ (Stupidly Obvious Question -- my very own TLA) would be: what format are you saving it in?

03-26-2007, 01:17 AM	#123
diabloNL Gadget Force® Posts: 705 Karma: 2733 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony PRS-300 + Cybook with funny screen :P	I edit the file afterwards with notepad and combine them again into one file. Maybe I'm removing a TAG to many.

03-26-2007, 01:25 AM	#124
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Have you tried copy/pasting it directly from your browser straight into something like WordPad, and then saving it as something simple like RTF? Maybe BD would like the taste of that better, and it would, at minimum, avoid the tag thing.

03-26-2007, 01:56 AM	#125
diabloNL Gadget Force® Posts: 705 Karma: 2733 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony PRS-300 + Cybook with funny screen :P	I can try that but I was trying to use this method to see if BD indeed keeps the formatting and with RTF he doesn't.

03-26-2007, 04:39 AM	#126
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Some RTFs that you get after conversion from PDF could be very ODD. In fact, without BD they are considered as a faulty files by the reader. You might want to try to save as HTML, then apply BD. Somtimes PDF->HTML->BD produces much better results than PDF->rtf->BD.

03-26-2007, 07:02 AM	#128
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	BD for sony reader is just a ...miracle All I do is open RTF or HTML in BD, go to Make ebook/Sony Reader, type manually Author and Title, in styles I set parahraph font size (which is the actual size of the main book text), set dutch font and press Make book...10 seconds, the book is ready.

03-26-2007, 11:53 AM	#130
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	One bug that I have found in BD is that if you do a "View/Book Info", find all the titles, and then step through them one at a time (a good way to find titles which shouldn't be titles), eventually it always crashes BD. If anyone knows a different way to find the titles, I'd be grateful!

03-29-2007, 04:08 PM	#135
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I want to say to vvv a very big THANK YOU! Now, on to my one peeve... I read Star trek books and they use a lot of italics. I have a bunch of books in lit format I want to convert. But when I load them in, Book Designer gets the italics all wrong. It loses the italics and loses the space in front of the italics section so sometimes words run on without a proper space. Is this something that's on the list to fix? I hope so. Jon

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