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Today's Topics:    1. nook ereader and sheet music (Julie Code)    2. Re: nook ereader and sheet music (Clay Dowling)    3. Re: nook ereader and sheet music (STeve Andre')    4. Re: nook ereader and sheet music (Karl Schuttler) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:07:58 -0500 From: Julie Code <<A title=mailto:jewels9321@hotmail.com href="mailto:jewels9321@hotmail.com">jewels9321@hotmail.com</A>> To: <<A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A>> Subject: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music Message-ID: <<A title=mailto:BAY126-W24E302DE1A08B1354D4C20C43D0@phx.gbl href="mailto:BAY126-W24E302DE1A08B1354D4C20C43D0@phx.gbl">BAY126-W24E302DE1A08B1354D4C20C43D0@phx.gbl</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Everyone, I bought a nook ereader thinking I would save money from buying a ipad.  But the problem is is that I tried taking a pdf file and hooking up the device to my laptop and dragging the pdf file into the documents folder of the nook.  Nothing showed up just a bunch of jibberish.  Then I changed the pdf file into a epub file.  This worked--  but only for the first page of the sheet music.  The other pages looked like a bunch of jibberish.  Does anyone know why this is happening? So my question is does anyone know why the file was good for the first page and then turned to hell on the others? the program i used was calibre        -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <<A title=http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/public/linux-user/attachments/20100227/75f627ad/attachment-0001.html href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/public/linux-user/attachments/20100227/75f627ad/attachment-0001.html">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/public/linux-user/attachments/20100227/75f627ad/attachment-0001.html</A>> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:07:30 -0500 From: Clay Dowling <<A title=mailto:clay@lazarusid.com href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com">clay@lazarusid.com</A>> To: Julie Code <<A title=mailto:jewels9321@hotmail.com href="mailto:jewels9321@hotmail.com">jewels9321@hotmail.com</A>> Cc: <A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music Message-ID: <<A title=mailto:4B89C1D2.30004@lazarusid.com href="mailto:4B89C1D2.30004@lazarusid.com">4B89C1D2.30004@lazarusid.com</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Julie Code wrote: > I bought a nook ereader thinking I would save money from buying a > ipad.  But the problem is is that I tried taking a pdf file and > hooking up the device to my laptop and dragging the pdf file into the > documents folder of the nook.  Nothing showed up just a bunch of > jibberish.  Then I changed the pdf file into a epub file.  This > worked--  but only for the first page of the sheet music.  The other > pages looked like a bunch of jibberish.  Does anyone know why this is > happening? So my question is does anyone know why the file was good > for the first page and then turned to hell on the others? the program > i used was calibre The chief problem is that all of the ebook readers are sad, inferior products.  The defacto standard for electronic publishing is pdf, and readers which can't handle that are destined to failure.  Plus, the whole incident with 1984 on the Kindle points out the biggest flaw in subscription-controlled devices.  You own your books for exactly as long as they want you too, and no more. My recommendation would be to return the product and save that money for a PDF capable device (e-paper has prototypes that compete with the ipad and support PDF) that isn't connected to a subscription service. Clay ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:47:41 -0500 From: "STeve Andre'" <<A title=mailto:andres@msu.edu href="mailto:andres@msu.edu">andres@msu.edu</A>> To: <A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music Message-ID: <<A title=mailto:201002272247.42211.andres@msu.edu href="mailto:201002272247.42211.andres@msu.edu">201002272247.42211.andres@msu.edu</A>> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1" On Saturday 27 February 2010 20:07:30 Clay Dowling wrote: > Julie Code wrote: > > I bought a nook ereader thinking I would save money from buying a > > ipad.  But the problem is is that I tried taking a pdf file and > > hooking up the device to my laptop and dragging the pdf file into the > > documents folder of the nook.  Nothing showed up just a bunch of > > jibberish.  Then I changed the pdf file into a epub file.  This > > worked--  but only for the first page of the sheet music.  The other > > pages looked like a bunch of jibberish.  Does anyone know why this is > > happening? So my question is does anyone know why the file was good > > for the first page and then turned to hell on the others? the program > > i used was calibre > > The chief problem is that all of the ebook readers are sad, inferior > products.  The defacto standard for electronic publishing is pdf, and > readers which can't handle that are destined to failure.  Plus, the > whole incident with 1984 on the Kindle points out the biggest flaw in > subscription-controlled devices.  You own your books for exactly as long > as they want you too, and no more. > > My recommendation would be to return the product and save that money for > a PDF capable device (e-paper has prototypes that compete with the ipad > and support PDF) that isn't connected to a subscription service. > > Clay I agree.  Castrated devices aren't worth having.  The question that arises is which, if any of them is a general purpose device? I want to be able to read 1) ascii, 2) postscript, 3) PDFs, 4) html, 5) MS Word, 6) RTF, 7) .LIT files, 8) LaTex Other possibilities might be 9) word star, 10) word perfect Whats out there that can do most of these? I'd say that 1 to 6 are really important. --STeve Andre' ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:44:37 -0500 From: Karl Schuttler <<A title=mailto:rexykik@gmail.com href="mailto:rexykik@gmail.com">rexykik@gmail.com</A>> To: <A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music Message-ID: <<A title=mailto:984d708a1002272044h5a4749d6i237d7f8d40cb4784@mail.gmail.com href="mailto:984d708a1002272044h5a4749d6i237d7f8d40cb4784@mail.gmail.com">984d708a1002272044h5a4749d6i237d7f8d40cb4784@mail.gmail.com</A>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I concur with Clay and Steve's statements. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:47 PM, STeve Andre' <<A title=mailto:andres@msu.edu href="mailto:andres@msu.edu">andres@msu.edu</A>> wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 20:07:30 Clay Dowling wrote: >> Julie Code wrote: >> > I bought a nook ereader thinking I would save money from buying a >> > ipad. ?But the problem is is that I tried taking a pdf file and >> > hooking up the device to my laptop and dragging the pdf file into the >> > documents folder of the nook. ?Nothing showed up just a bunch of >> > jibberish. ?Then I changed the pdf file into a epub file. ?This >> > worked-- ?but only for the first page of the sheet music. ?The other >> > pages looked like a bunch of jibberish. ?Does anyone know why this is >> > happening? So my question is does anyone know why the file was good >> > for the first page and then turned to hell on the others? the program >> > i used was calibre >> >> The chief problem is that all of the ebook readers are sad, inferior >> products. ?The defacto standard for electronic publishing is pdf, and >> readers which can't handle that are destined to failure. ?Plus, the >> whole incident with 1984 on the Kindle points out the biggest flaw in >> subscription-controlled devices. ?You own your books for exactly as long >> as they want you too, and no more. >> >> My recommendation would be to return the product and save that money for >> a PDF capable device (e-paper has prototypes that compete with the ipad >> and support PDF) that isn't connected to a subscription service. >> >> Clay > > I agree. ?Castrated devices aren't worth having. ?The question that arises is > which, if any of them is a general purpose device? > > I want to be able to read 1) ascii, 2) postscript, 3) PDFs, 4) html, 5) MS > Word, 6) RTF, 7) .LIT files, 8) LaTex > > Other possibilities might be 9) word star, 10) word perfect > > Whats out there that can do most of these? I'd say that 1 to 6 are really > important. > > --STeve Andre' > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A> > <A title=http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</A> > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <A title=mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</A> <A title=http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</A> End of linux-user Digest, Vol 82, Issue 16 ****************************************** </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>