Taking all questions

[amalthia]

Guys, before I start thanksgiving cooking. I was wondering what questions do you have about formats, conversions, file types, merging stories tricks, table of contents, and anything else I'm probably not thinking of.

I'm going to make a how-to guide and not knowing what people have questions over I'm afraid it may turn out rather generic.

Right now I know for sure I can share how I make LRF files with Table of Contents that look good. I planned on giving more information about file formats and what device supports which formats, and some merging information and programs I use the most.

Okay gotta go and get the ham in the oven...

Taking all questions

[amalthia]

Guys, before I start thanksgiving cooking. I was wondering what questions do you have about formats, conversions, file types, merging stories tricks, table of contents, and anything else I'm probably not thinking of.

I'm going to make a how-to guide and not knowing what people have questions over I'm afraid it may turn out rather generic.

Right now I know for sure I can share how I make LRF files with Table of Contents that look good. I planned on giving more information about file formats and what device supports which formats, and some merging information and programs I use the most.

Okay gotta go and get the ham in the oven...

Calibre - Library Management and file converter

[amalthia]

First, this is a tutorial for anyone with a Sony PRS. However, for anyone converting documents to EPUB this program may be of interest.

Calibre is the best program I've found to manage my library and to convert documents to LRF.

Here is the link for a full list of features and some screenshots.

Things you may want to adjust to remove the wide margins. Here is a ( screenshot example )

I use Calibre to create LRF files because the LRF supports Table of Contents.

Calibre is also very useful for handling collections aka tags. When you add a name under the tag column it creates a collection on your Sony device when the file is transfered over. Here is an ( example of how the tags look )

Things to know.

1) First Calibre can convert HTML, RTF, PDF, LIT, PRC/Mobi, and TXT to either LRF or EPUB. (but it converts HTML and LIT files the best from my experience)

At the moment LRF is the open source version of LRX which Sony's DRM format for selling ebooks. LRF cannot be read on other devices. EPUB is the publishing industries attempt to find a common format they can sell to anyone with an ebook device. Downside only the Sony device supports this format.

2) Calibre cannot convert copy protected novels to LRF or EPUB. So you'll have to crack the PRC format before you can convert it.

3) When you convert files to LRF. All paragraphs are indented and depending on what font type you have set in your file it may become Arial or Times New Roman. So if you have a preferance make sure your source file is in the font type you prefer.

4) Here are some codes I use to make my table of contents look nicer.

LRF -

These go into HTML source file.

< P style="page-break-after:always">  (I use this one right after the cover image and right after the Table of Contents) I also use this after the end of a chapter or story.

If you do not like your paragraphs indented this is the code to use. p { text-indent: 0pt}

EPUB -

On EPUB none of the margins were indented when I last tested it. However this code will add the indent. (this is added in the Calibre program, not the HTML source file.

p {margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt; text-indent:15pt; font-size: 16pt}

You don't have to use the font-size:16pt I added it in there as a test to see how I can adjust the font size.

I'll talk more about Table of Contents in another post.

Please let me know if I forgot anything.

Calibre - Library Management and file converter

[amalthia]

First, this is a tutorial for anyone with a Sony PRS. However, for anyone converting documents to EPUB this program may be of interest.

Calibre is the best program I've found to manage my library and to convert documents to LRF.

Here is the link for a full list of features and some screenshots.

Things you may want to adjust to remove the wide margins. Here is a ( screenshot example )

I use Calibre to create LRF files because the LRF supports Table of Contents.

Calibre is also very useful for handling collections aka tags. When you add a name under the tag column it creates a collection on your Sony device when the file is transfered over. Here is an ( example of how the tags look )

Things to know.

1) First Calibre can convert HTML, RTF, PDF, LIT, PRC/Mobi, and TXT to either LRF or EPUB. (but it converts HTML and LIT files the best from my experience)

At the moment LRF is the open source version of LRX which Sony's DRM format for selling ebooks. LRF cannot be read on other devices. EPUB is the publishing industries attempt to find a common format they can sell to anyone with an ebook device. Downside only the Sony device supports this format.

2) Calibre cannot convert copy protected novels to LRF or EPUB. So you'll have to crack the PRC format before you can convert it.

3) When you convert files to LRF. All paragraphs are indented and depending on what font type you have set in your file it may become Arial or Times New Roman. So if you have a preferance make sure your source file is in the font type you prefer.

4) Here are some codes I use to make my table of contents look nicer.

LRF -

These go into HTML source file.

< P style="page-break-after:always">  (I use this one right after the cover image and right after the Table of Contents) I also use this after the end of a chapter or story.

If you do not like your paragraphs indented this is the code to use. p { text-indent: 0pt}

EPUB -

On EPUB none of the margins were indented when I last tested it. However this code will add the indent. (this is added in the Calibre program, not the HTML source file.

p {margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt; text-indent:15pt; font-size: 16pt}

You don't have to use the font-size:16pt I added it in there as a test to see how I can adjust the font size.

I'll talk more about Table of Contents in another post.

Please let me know if I forgot anything.