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can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
i know i can just search google but there are soo many of them some are shareware some are comerical some are free.....
it's a jungle out there!
PErsonally I use mobipocket, for a couple of reasons..
It supports OEB (Non- protected books, so in 10 years time you will still be able to read them)
The reader is free (on the website it is advertised as a trial - this is for the pro version, install it anyway under the trial, aftrer the trial ends you can still use the software but some of the more complex functions are disabled -like autoscroll)
The reader will operate on palm or PPC - meaning I can share my books with my friends who have palm, rather than having to reformat them.
They also supply a publisher program for creating the books, this is free for home use.
It's not microsoft
go to www.mobipocket.com
Rudegar said:
can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
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The reader I use is muBook from http://gowerpoint.com/.
It can handle .PDB, .PRC, .TXT, .RTF and .HTML as e-books, and display inline .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .WMF (in RTF) or .BMP.
If you're starting from a TXT file, you don't gain much by converting it to an e-book format, unless you add niceties like an index.
Which book is it? If it's out of copyright, you may be able to get it from manybooks in an e-book format (with index etc.).
well as to which book it is then no it's not a copyrighted book and it's not a book you'd find anywhere on the internet, somebody i know wrote it and all
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
Rudegar said:
well as to which book it is then no it's not a copyrighted book and it's not a book you'd find anywhere on the internet, somebody i know wrote it and all
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
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Hi,
I use mobipocket too and I guess, it is a great program. You can convert your .txt - file with mobipocket publisher 3.0.
You don´t need the profressional version and you have the possibiblity to take indexes and a lot of more features of formatted textes and add your bookmarks and other features.
have fun!
well i of cause have that ms ebook reader and i have acrobat reader if at all possible i would pref not installing any more ebook readers on my xda2
will it be required ?
Rudegar said:
well i of cause have that ms ebook reader and i have acrobat reader if at all possible i would pref not installing any more ebook readers on my xda2
will it be required ?
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I guess, you will be able to convert your text into pdf- or -lit - format. But the readers have less features, the files are much bigger - but it is possible...
First I had the microsoft reader and the pdf-reader too. Now I have only the mobipocket-reader...
Rudegar said:
can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
i know i can just search google but there are soo many of them some are shareware some are comerical some are free.....
it's a jungle out there!
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Microsoft have a plugin for MS word that will convert a document into eBook .lit format.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/rmr.asp
Or if you want a more professional program ReaderWorks Standard by Overdrive is also available.
http://www.overdrive.com/readerworks/
Cheers
prowler
prowler
thanks i already found that word plugin
and i suppose i could use it
but then i have to take the book to work
because at home i dont have word
Have you tried PDFcreator?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
or
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
Rudegar said:
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
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uBook will give you the choice of any font you like, with 3 different modes of anti-aliasing/alpha blending, multiple styles/backgrounds, font sizes/colors, columns, bookmarks, annotations, and it will even figure out headings etc. (for example convert CHAPTER 1 to a chapter heading). No conversion necessary. It just works.
Why lock yourself into some company's proprietary e-book format, when there's great, free, open source software that will read all sorts of formats, and offers a lot of options? If you're using an e-book reader that doesn't read .TXT files and can display them nicely, then you're cheating yourself.
You can also try PDF Printer . It supports Vista.
Hi everyone,
Since we don't get Microsoft Reader installed by default any more I am trying to decide which one to install instead. Any suggestions? Is Microsoft Reader the best one (seems unlikely)? I've got lots of .lit files that I want to read...
The most usable and flexible e-book reader is - no doubt - uBook Reader. It reads almost all kind of text formats (txt, rtf, html, prc....).
I tried all reader apps.
This is the best.
I'm sure and you will.
Here you can see:
http://gowerpoint.com/uBook_feat.html#Features
better still where do u get ebooks from :S
Which uBook
uBook looks great from the web page, but we are offered many different versions to download. Which version is compatible with Universal/Jasjar?
Use the first one in the list, for PocketPC Arm version
The newest:
http://gowerpoint.com/uBook09g_PPC_ARM.exe
It has a very-very nice vga interface!!!
Just downloaded it and now I'm off to bed with Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. Thank a lot for the info!
I've tried a couple of e readers and found mobibook the best. It does everything Microsoft reader does plus you can change the background colour and text (I prefer to have a black background with white text which is easier on the eyes at night). It also has the auto scroll feature which you can speed up/down. There is a another program (can't remember the name) which will convert .lit (MS reader) to html which mobibook can read. Also MS reader took ages to load and even longer to load the book. Mobibook takes about 10 seconds.
Also both programs are free.
Cheers Paul
M$ Reader can have problems with encrypted ebooks stored on the SD card when using PowerSave. Also Mobipocket can lose the information on where you were last if you close the eBook. So not perfect eBook reader yet - more WM5 shambles!
I'm using M$ Pocket Reader on WM 5 as I did on WM 2003, but the text font is much bigger as on WM 2003 with nyditot virtual display (even when smallest font is chosen).
So anybody have an idea how to make the font smaller if possible? Thanx in advance.
Best regards,
tomestos
I use IsiloX and Isilo to convert and read all my books. I convert most of my texts down, eg chm files, txt, html etc. It includes a built in webripper so it will rip, format and compress a site for reading on the go.
I've done a very nice version of the CIA World Factbook in about 4mb. Never used it though...
I use TombRaider for certain reference works, but for straight through ebooks, normally Isilo.
I use a lit converter and BCL AllPDF to convert between those formats into a more portable form.
Oh, I also use and very much admire Repligo, but generally only use it when I need pretty full PDF type use but without the skitzoid embolism the Adobe PDF reader induces.
V
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
hoanglong said:
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
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I'll second that request. Anything that can cope with .cbr and .cbz format (common in Comics, although they are just RAR or ZIP files rename) would be ideal.
hoanglong said:
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
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I'll second that request. Anything that can cope with .cbr and .cbz format (common in Comics, although they are just RAR or ZIP files rename) would be ideal.
I think the .lit to .html convertor that frigit is refering to may be clit (yes, seriously - convert lit, geddit?)
Yep that's it. I had a good laugh too. I think they maybe changing the name though for obvious reasons.
guys my ms reader was installed by someone on the sd card and now i cant use it...it shows error number 10...even tried copying the folder to the devise but it still refuses to wrk....HELP............SOMEBODY...........ANYBODY
where to find ebooks
anyone know a good site that i can get free ebooks from?
Tuningszocske said:
The most usable and flexible e-book reader is - no doubt - uBook Reader. It reads almost all kind of text formats (txt, rtf, html, prc....).
I tried all reader apps.
This is the best.
I'm sure and you will.
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Have to agree with the above. Also its one of the few readers that has a good autoscroll. Tried most apps once, and I find Ubooks way of refreshing one line at a time to be the most suitable for me. My only gripe is that it does'nt render PDF-files too well, and atleast in previous versions it was a bit slow on CHM, and I could'nt use autoscroll on them.
Would any of you readers know a way to remove borders from a PDF? The problem I'm having is that my Tablet PC's screen is too small to display a A4-page nicely, if I zoom the white borders of the page away then the text is fine to read but this means a lot of zooming and scrolling for every page. So if I could just remove them I would have pages that would fit the screen
BetterDeal.com.au said:
anyone know a good site that i can get free ebooks from?
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There are stacks of out of copyright books here:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
I've been using Microsoft Reader with some considerable pleasure, but I have no experience of any other. The only minor quibble I have is that with an encrypted ebook, it sometimes takes a second or so to open the book. Apart from that, its seems great.
I'll try some of the others out though and compare results.
Ever since I recieved the MDA I've been very eager to use it to read ebooks. I've never had a machine capable of doing so, so I am very uneducated about the entire field.
I have acquired several .lit and .pdf ebooks. I know there is a program instantly installed on the MDA to read pdfs, and it is my understanding that I am supposed to use Microsoft Reader for .lit files.
However . . . neither of these programs seem fit to read anything on this phone. The pdf reader makes me scroll left and right, and fitting anything to the page makes the entire thing unreadable. And Microsoft Reader seems very poorly made, suffering the same problems and unchangably large text.
Does anyone know a solution to my problem? Another program to read the files, or settings I am simply missing?
Thanks in advance.
I am using Mobipocket reader on my blue angel for more than 6 months - it's the perfect tool for me www.mobipocket.com. And its free
Before I was using Microsoft reader, but Mobipocket comes with a desktop and PDA software and the desktop software can convert very good a lot of files, which you can read easilly on the PDA
Hi,
The most popular one is Microsoft Reader which is freely available and there are literally TONS of free e-books on their site for you to download.
http://www.mslit.com/default.asp?mjr=FRE
Repligo is nice, and can kinda convert pdf.
I use Isilo generally.
Use pdf2txt to convert pdf if necessary.
V
I've never used those format's, but I've been using uBook from Gowerpoint and I love it. I use it in conjunction with all the stuff I get from Gutenberg (the BEST place to get free ebooks) and haven't had a problem since. You can use it free if you don't mind a minor annoyance every three pages of the reminder or you can pay a little bit to register.
Mack, I have used Microsoft Reader, and it just seems far too weak. I didn't like it. No margin control, font size, etc. . . . unless I'm wrong. Feel free to correct me, itd make this a lot easier!
I tried MobiPocket and so far it seems like the best. I can control those functions I just mentioned, and seems to convert pdfs well. However, it stills seems to have few problems (It seems to kill itself randomly and - as far as I can tell - doesn't save my font settings.
I found a program called Convert Lit to, well, convert .lit files. I haven't tried it yet but I've heard good things.
I haven't tried the other suggested readers, but, judging from their websites they don't seem as good as MobiPocket. Ill eventually get to them.
Off topic....
does anybody use RSS to get news on your phone and which sites you use.....?
Mobipocket reader is good.
Regards,
Arto.
RussianInLa: I like newsreader, it does the job quite well.
For RSS channels, I grab a bunch of usual suspects - check out my old website newsreader,
www.vijay555.com/news
However, I'm improving that with many (illegal) news scrapers, grabbing full articles from many different sites (eg Wired). Their normal RSS feed just gives headlines.
That's a good option if you can host php - write your own scraper and grab ANY webpage as RSS
V
Ubook
Have to agree with Jose_v, ubook is the best all round reader. It doesn't read pdf files, which for me is fine but can read ebooks in text, htm or html and rtf formats, all of which can be zipped to save space. It will also read palm and mobipocet format files that are not drm'd. Zip compression is better than mobipocket's, so you save that little bit extra space on your precious mini-sd.
It has recently become shareware and comes up with its logo every few pages, which is easy to get rid of as you just press down. Seeing as I have been using it for about 3 or 4 years now, I purchased it without hesitation when it became shareware.
Use it, you will learn to appreciate it.
To change the font on MS Reader, go to the Library page, click Settings, and change your font size. You can't do anything about the margins, though someone told me you could change them by opening a document in MS Word, expanding the margins, then converting to Reader. Haven't tried it yet.
Speaking of Word, download the free Word-to-Reader converter. Anything you can read in Word, including TXT and HTML files, can be converted to yo9ur own LIT files. You can even customize the cover picture. http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/rmr.asp
uBook is great, and I use it for all my old Palm ebooks, but I have so many LIT files, it's just easier to read them in Reader. Besides, none of the other programs have a PC version. I can read the same file on my desktop or laptop if I want, and if I sync the files, my PPC remembers where I was when I was reading it on the other device.
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fuzzywuzzy said:
Have to agree with Jose_v, ubook is the best all round reader. It doesn't read pdf files, which for me is fine but can read ebooks in text, htm or html and rtf formats, all of which can be zipped to save space. It will also read palm and mobipocet format files that are not drm'd. Zip compression is better than mobipocket's, so you save that little bit extra space on your precious mini-sd.
It has recently become shareware and comes up with its logo every few pages, which is easy to get rid of as you just press down. Seeing as I have been using it for about 3 or 4 years now, I purchased it without hesitation when it became shareware.
Use it, you will learn to appreciate it.
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I'm going to third uBook, I used it on my old HPC and through a number of Pocket PCs and it is a wonderful app. Why I haven't actually registered it yet is beyond me, I can't imagine a better reader.
I have PDF readers that work, and I have figured out my faxing situation thanks to everyones help on these boards. Now I need to be able to sign PDF documents on the Universal. I have Acrobat and can do it from my laptop but often I find myself in a situation that a PDF document needs to be changed or signed and emailed back. Is there any software that would allow me to add a signature like Acrobat or even a picture (i have my signature in a jpg format) to a PDF doc? Thanks to everyone here. FISH
There is a prog for pdf edotong...gogle it
Thanks for the Helpful response. Where on "gogle" did you find this program? Should I spell "editor" like you did "edotong" because when I search these;
pdf editor wm5
pdf editor mobile
pdf editor pocket pc
pdf editor universal
and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on.......................
I get ALOT of programs for my "computer" but NONE for the pocket pc/universal etc... Care to shed some light? Thanks FISH
Found this program, gonna try it out and let you guys know if it works.
I Comment Here
EDIT: Ok so that wont really work. you can write on any program so I was able to sign a pdf and it turns it into a BMP and puts it in a ZIP file but it only captures the "screenshot" and not the whole document.
Back to the drawing board (lol) FISH
Do you want a text based pdf, embedded image, or full Adobe spec?
Because writing a text only v1.2 PDF is relatively easy, I've reverse engineered/re-implemented it in various of my apps and my net browser. But I can't recall seeing it on the PDA before. But it's easy enough, in theory, and if you're a developer (ie not for me, lol!)
V
Basically I would love Adobe Acrobat for Pocket Pc.
Here is my situation:
I am a real estate broker and I receive ALOT of faxes that come to my toll free number and then forward to me in an email. These faxes turn into PDF files when they come through email. I can then open them with a PDF viewer. Sometimes I need to sign a document and email or fax it back to the client/realtor/lender etc.. I can email and fax no problem from my universal. The only thing that is lacking is the ability to "Sign" or cross out something like I could do in Acrobat. Thanks for responding vjay. FISH
I love htc for reading but pdf has always been a pain in my head, I would like to encourage with this thread to gather tips for reading in the best way.
foxit reader great software but at the moment you cannot pinch for zoom, and the little bar that appears when manually use zoom disappear in 1 second, it is not in my opinion optimized for touch mobile phones.
adobe reader LE, great software but when you want to read in the horizontal landscape mode, you have to swallow the half centimeter of the bar that do not disappear, and of course also 1 millimeter can make a big difference when you want to read for hours, in not overstrain the eyes!
the tips is really easy, and maybe a lot of people already do, just install girator and voila you will be able to read the the pdf in landscape mode, because the bar will go on the bottom of the screen and not on the right side!
so at the moment according to my experience
1) pdf= use adobe reader le with girator
2)read in dark environment= install lumos
and that's it I do not want to go further because I would lose conciseness in explaining the differences in highlighting, reading and bookmarking ebooks in a finger friendly way comparing ubook, mobi and proreader(that is hard to install on my default rom)
Cheers
4 directional pads
cancelled by the autor, sorry
Personally, I save all PDFs to text, and read with AlReader (fantastic for ebooks), just another way
I've been doing a lot of reading since I got my HD2, I reccomend Freda for the HD2 and Calibre for converting your books from pdf to epub books. Works like a charm!
+1 for freda books, a great little programme. just the thing for reading all my sci fi e books.
Mike