Intro Post

[aranel-took.livejournal.com]

Hello, I just got linked to the Ebook Library today!

I've been playing around with getting my fanfic on my iPod Touch using the eReader software. The holidays kind of put that on the back burner, but I'd like to work on it again. Can eReader files be used on the site? I learned about Stanza from another post, so I'll give that a try, too.

My current fanfic focus is DC Comics - Green Lantern, and my OTP is Hal Jordan/Kyle Rayner. My fic is on LJ (sector_2814) and I have a website (Sector 2814).

Comments

[amalthia]

I don't know if you know this but Calibre has a built in LRF viewer. you don't need Sony Connect software to view LRF files.

[aranel-took.livejournal.com]

That's what I get for not reading the directions. *facepalm"

OK, LRF looks fine. So does ePub, so I guess it was Stanza that was messing that up (it's a bit buggy opening PDBs as well). So I can add those, too.

For the PDFs - I didn't change the size, just used 8.5"x11". What dimensions (and font size) do PDFs need to be for the 6 inch screens?

[amalthia]

here are the pdf settings you'll need to use. :) The margins I think you can mess around with until you find what you like best but the width and length are the dimensions of the screen if I remember correctly. for me I found that Times New Roman 12 or 13, indented paragraphs (no space between paragraphs) seems to look the best. However, for LRF files Calibre does that part automatically if you're converting from HTML.

3.47 width (inches)
4.54 length (inches)

.01" Top
.02" Left
.02" Right
.001" Bottom

(header/footer .0")

And yeah, I heard something about stanza being buggy. MobileRead has more information on what's going on but since I've been kind of sticking to creating LRF files it hasn't been an issue I've looked into closely. Though I do hear sometimes the Table of Contents won't display in the epub reader but once it's loaded to the device it works. I'm waiting for more time to pass and more bugs to get worked out before switching formats.