01-11-2010, 11:31 AM | #1 |
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epub from Baen on Adobe Digital Editions: page numbers?
I recently bought an epub from Baen Books and read it on Adobe Digital Editions. I downloaded it in this format because I want to eventually read it on my nook (when I get it!) although it listed epub as "epub/Stanza." There were 2 things that I found really distracted from the reading experience.
1. No margins. None at all. I like to scale down the fonts small so I have the least paging to do. This delivers a 2-page view in ADE. OK, but because there are no margins it's really hard to tell the left-hand page from the right-hand page. Is there some formatting option to change this? I got out of this problem by changing the width of the ADE window which slims it down to one page. 2. Page numbers that over-write the text. Sure, I like to know how far I am through the book but ADE gives me a little display at the top of the screen that tells me that (the page number and the page count) which I like. But in the ebook itself, the page numbers actually *over-wrote* the last letter or two on the line near the page break--not making it go away, but it looks like what happens on an old-fashioned typewriter when you type a letter and then backspace and type a number. When you have 2 pages onscreen, that's 2 lines per screen that you have to slow down and try to figure out the letter. The only time this didn't happen is at the end of a paragraph when the rest of the line was clear. Am I doing something wrong? Is there someway I can make this epub look good? Will it look good on my nook? Is it a Baen specific problem or do all epubs have this issue? |
01-11-2010, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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The page numbers over text are not in the ePub, they are a "feature" of Adobe Digital Editions. The next version of mobile ADE will allow them to be turned off. A larger right margin also helps by pushing the page number outside the text.
I typically download Baen's MOBI version and then use Calibre to convert it to ePub. That way I can add extra CSS, like margins, to the conversion. I start with the MOBI version because usually this has the least e-book specific CSS to start with (e.g. usually justification and the font are not set in a MOBI, so you can specify these how you want). It is certainly possible to run ePub to ePub using Calibre to add extra CSS. |
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01-11-2010, 12:01 PM | #3 |
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Does the Calibre documentation tell you how to add the css instructions? I speak css, but I've only done it for an application with a someone idiosyncratic implementation.
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01-11-2010, 12:32 PM | #4 |
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It is added as "extra CSS" either via the GUI or on the command line, for example the following uses the default sans-serif font in bold for most text:
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body { font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold; } |
01-11-2010, 12:44 PM | #5 |
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Thanks!
I tried the online epubreader and it seemed to have that same number-over-text problem. |
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The nook does not display the little page numbers on the side like it does on the Sony Reader. If I can find a free ePub from Baen I will try and load it on my nook and let you know how it looks margin wise.
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01-11-2010, 02:37 PM | #8 |
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*excellent*
I really want to read these things on my nook (when I get it). My reading stuff on the PC is more by way of experiment. On the other hand I do have to use ADE to get e-books out of the library and while I understand I can sideload them to my nook until they expire, I also understand (correctly??) that the DRM prevents me from changing them. |
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I downloaded 1632 from the Baen free library and put it on my nook. I think it looks pretty good.
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My nook shipped on Friday...I can't wait!
That pic looks good--that is what I first expected. |
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01-28-2010, 10:31 AM | #14 |
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*shrug* my Baen epubs look like that on my nook and they look better than having overprinted page numbers!
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