The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson

JSWolf · 11-30-2007, 07:03 PM

Has anyone purchased The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson in Mobipocket format? I am curious as to the size of the two maps at the beginning. In the MS Reader version, the maps are about the ful size of my 505 screen and quite readable. Are they small and not so readable in the Mobipocket edition?

TallMomof2 · 12-03-2007, 10:28 AM

I have The Runes of the Earth in eReader format and the maps are draggable.

However, I have Fatal Revenant in Secure MobiPocket and the map is split into 2 sections, 1 section per page. They are readable, barely, on my TX. The graphic fills the screen.

DaleDe · 12-03-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I have The Runes of the Earth in eReader format and the maps are draggable.

However, I have Fatal Revenant in Secure MobiPocket and the map is split into 2 sections, 1 section per page. They are readable, barely, on my TX. The graphic fills the screen.

That is because MobiPocket Readers do not support dragging of images on the screen. Since the Readers do not support this it is not available in the format.

Dale

Vesper · 12-03-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

That is because MobiPocket Readers do not support dragging of images on the screen. Since the Readers do not support this it is not available in the format.

On TX when I tap on the image it gets enlarged and if it's bigger then screen I drag it around my stylus to view it

DaleDe · 12-03-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Vesper

On TX when I tap on the image it gets enlarged and if it's bigger then screen I drag it around my stylus to view it

Really, I guess I have download a recent version of MobiPocket Reader for a Palm. I know eReader does this but I never knew MobiPocket did. I will have to download a new copy for my Garmin unit.

I wonder why the original guy was complaining about this exact thing on his palm?

Dale

HarryT · 12-04-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

Really, I guess I have download a recent version of MobiPocket Reader for a Palm. I know eReader does this but I never knew MobiPocket did. I will have to download a new copy for my Garmin unit.

Yes, on the Palm, Pocket PC, and desktop versions of Mobi just tap on any image. You can then zoom in and out on it, scroll around it, etc. Can't currently be done on the iLiad or Gen3 versions of Mobi, unfortunately. Hopefully it's a feature which will be added in the future.

JSWolf · 12-04-2007, 05:44 AM

Some images start off so small that zooming in makes then fuzzy and hard to view. Why not start off with larger images and have the reader resize to fit the screen and then zoom in from there if need be?

In the LIT edition, the first map is 520x733 and the second map is 512x722. Quite easily readable on my 505.

DaleDe · 12-04-2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes, on the Palm, Pocket PC, and desktop versions of Mobi just tap on any image. You can then zoom in and out on it, scroll around it, etc. Can't currently be done on the iLiad or Gen3 versions of Mobi, unfortunately. Hopefully it's a feature which will be added in the future.

Ha, never noticed that. Guess I am going to have to read the manual better. Clicking the image didn't work for me but if I right click and bring up a menu and then select image mode which displays the image on a new screen. Then I can zoom and pan. I am not sure why clicking didn't work. Microsoft Reader has a similar feature but then they start with a larger image so it looks better.

Dale

HarryT · 12-04-2007, 11:22 AM

Sorry, yes, you right click and select "Image Mode" on the Windows Desktop version. On the Pocket PC version you just tap the image. I've not used the Palm version, but I'd guess that works the same as the Pocket PC.

tompe · 12-04-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some images start off so small that zooming in makes then fuzzy and hard to view. Why not start off with larger images and have the reader resize to fit the screen and then zoom in from there if need be?

In the LIT edition, the first map is 520x733 and the second map is 512x722. Quite easily readable on my 505.

As you know you will get these image sizes if you build the mobi file using "mobigen -jpeg" (or using lit2mobi). So if the version you have has smaller images you have to ask the person responsible for the file for the reason.

DaleDe · 12-04-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

As you know you will get these image sizes if you build the mobi file using "mobigen -jpeg" (or using lit2mobi). So if the version you have has smaller images you have to ask the person responsible for the file for the reason.

The reason is quite simple. The user used MobiPocket Creator and used href src statements to specify the images and probably used GIF images that were greater than 64K. Both of these things will cause small images. The 64K limit is also on the eReader program which uses PNG files. Both GIF can PNG can usually be made smaller if you work at it and using JPEG makes the making smaller part very easy. Referencing hisrc for the file in addition to src will likely fix the rest of the problem. mobiCreater cannot directly use PNG but can import it.

Dale

tompe · 12-05-2007, 04:39 PM

Has somebody told the people creating these books that there method is bad? If they have a good lit file then the obvious method should be to use convertlit and mobigen to avoid these problems.

11-30-2007, 07:03 PM	#1
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson Has anyone purchased The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson in Mobipocket format? I am curious as to the size of the two maps at the beginning. In the MS Reader version, the maps are about the ful size of my 505 screen and quite readable. Are they small and not so readable in the Mobipocket edition?

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TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I have The Runes of the Earth in eReader format and the maps are draggable. However, I have Fatal Revenant in Secure MobiPocket and the map is split into 2 sections, 1 section per page. They are readable, barely, on my TX. The graphic fills the screen.

12-04-2007, 05:44 AM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Some images start off so small that zooming in makes then fuzzy and hard to view. Why not start off with larger images and have the reader resize to fit the screen and then zoom in from there if need be? In the LIT edition, the first map is 520x733 and the second map is 512x722. Quite easily readable on my 505.

12-04-2007, 11:22 AM	#9
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Sorry, yes, you right click and select "Image Mode" on the Windows Desktop version. On the Pocket PC version you just tap the image. I've not used the Palm version, but I'd guess that works the same as the Pocket PC.

12-05-2007, 04:39 PM	#12
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Has somebody told the people creating these books that there method is bad? If they have a good lit file then the obvious method should be to use convertlit and mobigen to avoid these problems.

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