Hello from Indiana

bill_starr · 01-28-2010, 04:42 PM

Hello. I recently joined the forum and each time I visit it reminds me to say Hello here.

I recently became very interested in the EPUB format when I received a Sony PRS-300 digital book reader for Christmas (2009).

I currently have about 117 books loaded (95 EPUB, 22 non-scanned PDF). One of my favorite sources for free pro-liberty books is mises.org.

http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=MediaType&Id=9
http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=MediaType&Id=3

The EPUB format generally seems to be smaller, when I can find both formats of the same book. I tried a TXT file, but it was easy enough to convert it to EPUB via Sigil, and I could enter title/author metadata that way. I haven't tried RTF yet.

I have tried the Windows versions of Sony Reader Library and Calibre, but I have found the desktop application more trouble than it's worth for free books. I currently just copy new books directly to the "database\media\books" folder on the PRS-300 USB drive. I was ending up with multiple copies of the same book on the handheld, but in different folders. About all I can see that the desktop gave was the ability to set up collections, which I don't have much use for.

I have figured out how to "edit/fix" the name/author metadata (via Sigil in EPUB and CutePDF Pro in non-protected PDF), when it does not display properly or is missing.

So far, the things I miss the most on the PRS-300 compared to reading a PDF on the laptop are not being able to search for text and not being able to copy phrases for pasting into some other application.

I recently discovered that Safari Books Online (http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/) now offers the ability to download at least some of their books in EPUB as well as PDF format.

Bill Starr
Columbus, Indiana (about 45 miles south of Indy)
http://www.facebook.com/bill.starr
http://twitter.com/bill_starr
http://bill-starr.blogspot.com/
Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 4:42 pm EST

MickeyC · 01-28-2010, 05:38 PM

Hi Bill and welcome to MobileRead

happy_terd · 01-28-2010, 07:19 PM

Hello and welcome to the site. I bookmarked the link you provided and am interested in looking them up a little later when I get some free time. I like sources that deal with free.

Katti's Cat · 01-29-2010, 01:38 AM

Hi & welcome to MR. Thanks for the links, will check em out. Will be interesting to find out if I can get books there too

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-29-2010, 09:44 AM

Welcome to MR!

bill_starr · 08-05-2011, 03:11 PM

Time passes and things change. I now do almost all of my e-reading using Aldiko book reader on my HTC Droid Incredible phone. The Sony still does a better job with PDF than anything I've come across so far for my Droid, but I seldom bother turning it on, as so much of what I'm interested is in EPUB format.

GeoffC · 08-06-2011, 06:16 AM

May I offer you a late, but warm, welcome to Mobileread Forums.

01-28-2010, 04:42 PM	#1
bill_starr Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Columbus, Indiana Device: Aldiko on Droid and Sony PRS-300	Hello from Indiana Hello. I recently joined the forum and each time I visit it reminds me to say Hello here. I recently became very interested in the EPUB format when I received a Sony PRS-300 digital book reader for Christmas (2009). I currently have about 117 books loaded (95 EPUB, 22 non-scanned PDF). One of my favorite sources for free pro-liberty books is mises.org. http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=MediaType&Id=9 http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=MediaType&Id=3 The EPUB format generally seems to be smaller, when I can find both formats of the same book. I tried a TXT file, but it was easy enough to convert it to EPUB via Sigil, and I could enter title/author metadata that way. I haven't tried RTF yet. I have tried the Windows versions of Sony Reader Library and Calibre, but I have found the desktop application more trouble than it's worth for free books. I currently just copy new books directly to the "database\media\books" folder on the PRS-300 USB drive. I was ending up with multiple copies of the same book on the handheld, but in different folders. About all I can see that the desktop gave was the ability to set up collections, which I don't have much use for. I have figured out how to "edit/fix" the name/author metadata (via Sigil in EPUB and CutePDF Pro in non-protected PDF), when it does not display properly or is missing. So far, the things I miss the most on the PRS-300 compared to reading a PDF on the laptop are not being able to search for text and not being able to copy phrases for pasting into some other application. I recently discovered that Safari Books Online (http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/) now offers the ability to download at least some of their books in EPUB as well as PDF format. Bill Starr Columbus, Indiana (about 45 miles south of Indy) http://www.facebook.com/bill.starr http://twitter.com/bill_starr http://bill-starr.blogspot.com/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 4:42 pm EST

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bill_starr Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Columbus, Indiana Device: Aldiko on Droid and Sony PRS-300	Time passes and things change. I now do almost all of my e-reading using Aldiko book reader on my HTC Droid Incredible phone. The Sony still does a better job with PDF than anything I've come across so far for my Droid, but I seldom bother turning it on, as so much of what I'm interested is in EPUB format.

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