[GLLUG] Word Doc to Electronic Publication?
Joel Mayer
joelm_audion at msn.com
Mon Mar 1 07:48:20 EST 2010
5. Word Doc to Electronic Publication?
I can convert my books as Word Docs to pdf format using a piece of
freeware I got from Bull Zip. http://bullzip.com/<http://bullzip.com/> The next question is,
how do I convert my pdf's to Kindle friendly electronic books and put
them up for sale on Amazon and E Bay?
Thanks / Joel Mayer
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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)
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:07:58 -0500
From: Julie Code <jewels9321 at hotmail.com<mailto:jewels9321 at hotmail.com>>
To: <linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>>
Subject: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music
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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
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:07:30 -0500
From: Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com<mailto:clay at lazarusid.com>>
To: Julie Code <jewels9321 at hotmail.com<mailto:jewels9321 at hotmail.com>>
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music
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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
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:47:41 -0500
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu<mailto:andres at msu.edu>>
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music
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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'
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:44:37 -0500
From: Karl Schuttler <rexykik at gmail.com<mailto:rexykik at gmail.com>>
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] nook ereader and sheet music
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I concur with Clay and Steve's statements.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:47 PM, STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu<mailto:andres at msu.edu>> 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'
>
>
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