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I've downloaded some stories in PDF (SPN fanfic by Big Pink) and the print comes up microscopic in my Sony. I can click it bigger, but it doesn't go too high. Is there someway to enlarge the font on the PDF doc before I download it???

Thanks!!!

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From:

niquita-gia.livejournal.com

I might have posted the PDF's but it depends on which ones are causing you trouble.

But when I post a PDF I do say it's for an iLiad and made to the iLiad's specs

There isnt a way to change the size of the font on a PDF though

Sorry

From:

amalthia

she may have gotten the big pink stories from Big Pink's website...because we aren't currently sharing any PDFs of Big Pink's stories at the ebook archive.

From:

deej1957.livejournal.com

I did get them from her website. The one I was trying to read would go to larger type for me, then suddenly I'd get tiny print on a different page and that would NOT enlarge. Grrrr. I'll go DL the ones you have in .rtf

And... 8x11 eReaders? Ugh. I like the smaller ones much better, have always preferred paperbacks to hardback books!

From:

amalthia

I'm giving more and more thought to avoiding PDF all together on the site. All the devices have reflowable formats and with Calibre's conversion program I can't help but think that LRF and even epub and mobi are better suited for e-ink devices. However, don't want to delete the pdfs off the site that are already there....

I think something that concerns me(and why i'm worrying a year ahead of time is beyond me) there are some new devices that may have 8x11 screens coming out soon...I saw some prototype pictures at the mobileread forum and basically it seems more important to stick to reflowable formats otherwise we may have to re-convert the documents to add another screen size for PDFs.

seriously, I'll be extremely happy when there is one format for all devices that is reflowable....

From:

elf

There's no (remotely easy) way to change the font size on a PDF. (There are some psychotically difficult and complicated ways.)

Easiest workaround is, if the PDF is not locked, head over to How To Do Everything with PDF Files, and use one of their methods for converting the PDF to Word or HTML. (I hadn't even thought of "send it as an attachment to a Gmail account, then open as HTML.") Then send that file through the Sony Reader software or Calibre to make an LRF file (or an epub, or whatever.)

From:

deej1957.livejournal.com

Ah, thank you!

From:

amalthia

The other option is to avoid using PDF...http://amalthia.mediawood.net/ebooks/viewuser.php?uid=43 if you go there you can get the RTF Versions and I have some LRF versions...

Here's the Red Verse in LRF Format. http://amalthia.mediawood.net/ebooks/fanfiction/Supernatural/Big%20Pink_Red%20Verse%20LRF.zip

Here's the author collection for Big Pink. http://amalthia.mediawood.net/ebooks/fanfiction/Collections%20LRF/Big%20Pink%20Collection.lrf

All of these should look good on your device without any extra effort on your part.

I do recommend Calibre.

As for resizing pdfs...I don't know how to do it. I normally open pdfs (if I have no other options in Adobe Acrobat and save the file as html and then convert it to LRF in Calibre)

From:

stormcloude

Do you have links to your author collections anywhere or are they only for private use?

From:

amalthia

Here is the link to the master collections. http://amalthia.mediawood.net/ebooks/fanfiction/collections%20(master%20copies)/

I'm posting it here because it's fitting for the community. :) The single file download of the entire collection is called Collection.rar

These are technically for private use since I made them for my own private use but I never heard of not being allowed to share stuff via email and other means.

My rule of thumb is to share this link with people who actually plan on using it for their own ebook devices. But I don't advertise.