looking for a decent encyclopedia

exvaxman · 05-13-2007, 03:56 PM

If there is a decent encyclopedia in PDF or BBEB format that can be put on the expansion card, please post a link. I have not had any success looking for one. Free is obviously better

HarryT · 05-14-2007, 02:53 AM

PG are slowly working their way through a 1920s version of "Encyclopaedia Britannica". I don't know how far they've got so far, but it's a gargantuan undertaking.

yvanleterrible · 05-14-2007, 08:47 AM

The big hurdle with encyclopediae is the same as with dictionnaries on the reader. Search abilities. Once software is available for searching they'll come out.

HarryT · 05-14-2007, 10:08 AM

You could probably do it reasonably well for an encyclopaedia with a hierarchical TOC.

Eg, at the top level, just display 26 "links" for the letters "A" to "Z". Have each one of those take you to a 2nd level page with links for "AA", "AB", "AC", ...., "AZ". Then at the next level, show a list of all the article names starting in "AA", etc.

That would be workable, and you'd be able to find any article by going through only 3 index pages.

yvanleterrible · 05-14-2007, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

You could probably do it reasonably well for an encyclopaedia with a hierarchical TOC.

Eg, at the top level, just display 26 "links" for the letters "A" to "Z". Have each one of those take you to a 2nd level page with links for "AA", "AB", "AC", ...., "AZ". Then at the next level, show a list of all the article names starting in "AA", etc.

That would be workable, and you'd be able to find any article by going through only 3 index pages.

Did someone write an app. like that?

HarryT · 05-14-2007, 10:20 AM

Someone's done a Bible for the Reader which uses a similar system. That works pretty well.

yvanleterrible · 05-14-2007, 10:22 AM

Searching through a Bible can get quite complicated sometimes. I wonder if that system is efficient?

HarryT · 05-14-2007, 10:25 AM

If you just want to look up a "chapter and verse" reference, it works very well indeed.

NatCh · 05-14-2007, 11:29 AM

You can find it here if you want to give it a try, yvanleterrible.

05-13-2007, 03:56 PM	#1
exvaxman Connoisseur Posts: 66 Karma: 38 Join Date: Mar 2006	looking for a decent encyclopedia If there is a decent encyclopedia in PDF or BBEB format that can be put on the expansion card, please post a link. I have not had any success looking for one. Free is obviously better

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05-14-2007, 02:53 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	PG are slowly working their way through a 1920s version of "Encyclopaedia Britannica". I don't know how far they've got so far, but it's a gargantuan undertaking.

05-14-2007, 08:47 AM	#3
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	The big hurdle with encyclopediae is the same as with dictionnaries on the reader. Search abilities. Once software is available for searching they'll come out.

05-14-2007, 10:08 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You could probably do it reasonably well for an encyclopaedia with a hierarchical TOC. Eg, at the top level, just display 26 "links" for the letters "A" to "Z". Have each one of those take you to a 2nd level page with links for "AA", "AB", "AC", ...., "AZ". Then at the next level, show a list of all the article names starting in "AA", etc. That would be workable, and you'd be able to find any article by going through only 3 index pages.

05-14-2007, 10:20 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Someone's done a Bible for the Reader which uses a similar system. That works pretty well.

05-14-2007, 10:22 AM	#7
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Searching through a Bible can get quite complicated sometimes. I wonder if that system is efficient?

05-14-2007, 10:25 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you just want to look up a "chapter and verse" reference, it works very well indeed.

05-14-2007, 11:29 AM	#9
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	You can find it here if you want to give it a try, yvanleterrible.

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