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ttpcomp 2005-12-28 13:49

E-books on 770
 
Have installed the FBReader, no problem, but:

Can't find any e-books the FBReader recognise.

Help HELP H E L P!!!

TTP

ttpcomp 2005-12-28 14:56

Well this link say it all:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...php/t-555.html

Have to try some other way of reading e-books on the 770.

TTP

Bill 2005-12-28 15:02

What e-book files are you trying to open?

release info states:

# Supported formats are

* fb2 e-book format (style attributes are not supported yet).
* Html format (tables are not supported).
* plucker format (embedded images are supported, tables are not supported).
* Palmdoc (aportis doc).
* zTxt (Weasel format).
* Plain text format.

ttpcomp 2005-12-28 16:02

Try to open?

fb2-format, can't find any, are now trying palmdoc.

TTP

henry 2005-12-28 16:06

well, maybe you can try my chm viewer :)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~erica78/henry/hchmview/

Bill 2005-12-28 17:03

OK, it might be a good idea to give everyone who is new to ebooks a few pointers.

Useful links:

http://www.gutenberg.org/ free public domain ebooks
http://www.teleread.org/blog/ everything ebook related

Now FBreader is great for reading plain ascii, html & some xml formats (like fb2),
but is unable to read any of the DRM'ed formats such as *.lit etc.
And last but not least it cannot read PDF (which by the way is a horrible
format for ebooks, fixed page width, height, font, page no. etc)

I myself am quite happy with the way fb2 renders content on the 770,
It doesn't offer all the features I used to enjoy on my Hiebook, but 225 dpi & proper backlit screen makes more than up for that.

Hope this helps...

ttpcomp 2005-12-28 17:21

To Henry:

Thanks that viewer work OK, for the .chm-files.

To Bill:

I been trying to get an ebooks to bay, but can't find anything fore sales in format fb2.

Will look closer at your suggestions.

TTP

Bill 2005-12-28 17:32

TTP,

Nope nothing worthwile for sale in Fb2, Did spot some content in Russian though.
The only reason for using Fb2 is that it's FBreader XML format, which should allow you
to convert HTML with the linked illustrations (gif, jpg, png etc) into a single file.
*.lit compatibility will never happen, nor is it likely MS will release a MS reader port for
the 770, They didn't do it for the Palm so...

ttpcomp 2005-12-28 17:33

Heureka!

At last I been able to use the FBReader, I downloaded same free ebooks in the .htm format and then over to my 770.

Tanks to Bill and the link: http://www.gutenberg.org/

TTP

arivero 2005-12-28 20:21

What about .djvu format?
and .dvi? (OK, I can go to PDF... then, how is the PDF support in FBReader going?)


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