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modembug 02-10-2010 05:10 PM

Ebook Readers for WM
 
What does everyone use for ebook readers? I am currently using Freda. (Has pretty good touch navigation, http://www.turnip.demon.co.uk/jim/freda/)

one80oneday 02-10-2010 06:03 PM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Hoping this comes soon, except I don't read...
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=13107

Bulldog46208 02-11-2010 12:33 PM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
I have a number of eBooks as pdf files. The stock Adobe Reader on Sprint TP2 works great for me. Simple and high quality.

modembug 02-11-2010 12:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by one80oneday (Post 1556354)
Hoping this comes soon, except I don't read...
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=13107

Looks pretty sweeeet! Its amazing how far ebooks have come since I had my Palm M100! hahahahaha

Jim chapman 02-16-2010 05:00 AM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Hi all,

Version 1.1 of Freda is now released, bringing various new features, including:
  • Dictionary lookup using SlovoEd
  • Bookmarks/Annotations
  • Better handling of stylesheets
  • A shortcuts screen
Please go to http://www.turnip.demon.co.uk/jim/freda to download the new version - and let me know of any problems.

Thanks,

Jim

bikeandestroyx 02-16-2010 05:02 AM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
The manila 2.5 hd2 book reader is really nice so far, used it a little.

mstevens 02-16-2010 04:07 PM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim chapman (Post 1568655)
Hi all,

Version 1.1 of Freda is now released, bringing various new features, including:
  • Dictionary lookup using SlovoEd
  • Bookmarks/Annotations
  • Better handling of stylesheets
  • A shortcuts screen
Please go to http://www.turnip.demon.co.uk/jim/freda to download the new version - and let me know of any problems.

Thanks,

Jim

This version is putting too much space between paragraphs, so in some cases very little text actually appears on-screen. I've got it set to ignore consecutive blank lines and not to add one after paragraphs.

It fixes a problem that had resulted in a square being displayed at the start of each paragraph.

Both this version and the previous one show all punctuation as question marks in the book I'm currently reading irrespective of encoding option selected. Desktop readers do not do this with the same file.

Jim chapman 02-17-2010 05:23 AM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mstevens (Post 1569707)
This version is putting too much space between paragraphs, so in some cases very little text actually appears on-screen. I've got it set to ignore consecutive blank lines and not to add one after paragraphs.

Probably that space is 'vertical margin'. The previous version of Freda was ignoring the book's directives about vertical margin; version 1.1 does pay attention to them. But on some books (particularly PDFs converted by Calibre) that produces a vertical margin that is uncomfortably large for reading on a phone screen. On the book properties screen, set 'Max Margin=10%' (or 0%) and it should display better.
Quote:

Originally Posted by mstevens (Post 1569707)
Both this version and the previous one show all punctuation as question marks in the book I'm currently reading irrespective of encoding option selected. Desktop readers do not do this with the same file.

Maybe the book uses an encoding (code page) that is not present on your phone? If you'd like me to check it out, please send me the epub file, and your Freda log file (\program files\freda\logfile.txt), and I will investigate. You can email me at home@jim-chapman.net

Thanks,

Jim

mstevens 02-17-2010 01:55 PM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim chapman (Post 1571346)
Probably that space is 'vertical margin'. The previous version of Freda was ignoring the book's directives about vertical margin; version 1.1 does pay attention to them. But on some books (particularly PDFs converted by Calibre) that produces a vertical margin that is uncomfortably large for reading on a phone screen. On the book properties screen, set 'Max Margin=10%' (or 0%) and it should display better.

Maybe the book uses an encoding (code page) that is not present on your phone? If you'd like me to check it out, please send me the epub file, and your Freda log file (\program files\freda\logfile.txt), and I will investigate. You can email me at home@jim-chapman.net

Thank you very much. I'll try those things.

mstevens 02-17-2010 02:07 PM

Re: Ebook Readers for WM
 
Changing Max Margin made a big difference.


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