On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 06:05:05PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote:
kindle supports epub format'ed books fine given that non-drm'ed epub
documents can be converted to pdf.
Actually, the regular Kindle (not DX) is pathetic for PDFs.
epub formats convert almost losslessly (I believe) to .mobi
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote:
On 11/18/2010 07:41 PM, A. Mani wrote:
epub is a Xhtml + XML based format meant specifically for ebooks.
you are still talking about the storage format, and not the delivery
mechanism. Blind people, afaik, dont give
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote:
On 11/18/2010 07:41 PM, A. Mani wrote:
perhaps offlist if you prefer, but I would like to know why you think a
storage format might have such a drastic impact on content delivery.
epub is a Xhtml + XML based format
On 11/18/2010 07:10 AM, A. Mani wrote:
The best ebook format is epub (for blind people .txt may be easier to use).
Kindle does not support epub.
perhaps offlist if you prefer, but I would like to know why you think a
storage format might have such a drastic impact on content delivery.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote:
On 11/18/2010 07:10 AM, A. Mani wrote:
The best ebook format is epub (for blind people .txt may be easier to
use).
Kindle does not support epub.
perhaps offlist if you prefer, but I would like to know why you think
On 11/18/2010 07:41 PM, A. Mani wrote:
perhaps offlist if you prefer, but I would like to know why you think a
storage format might have such a drastic impact on content delivery.
epub is a Xhtml + XML based format meant specifically for ebooks.
you are still talking about the storage
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Narendra Sisodiya
naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote:
I want to start a Library for FOSS books, But the basic math says this is a
difficult task..
A decent 3 room sized place will cost around 15,000 - 20,000 per month. a
care taker with 5000 per month .
On 11/17/2010 08:02 AM, satyaakam goswami wrote:
I want to start a Library for FOSS books, But the basic math says this is a
difficult task..
one such initiative is already on
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=131953620168994 do try to collaborate
I am intrigued why there is an interest
On Wednesday 17 Nov 2010, Karanbir Singh wrote:
I am intrigued why there is an interest in physical books these days.
Pretty much everywhere I look ( from the Pasteur Institute in Paris
to the UCL and Kings College here in London ) the libraries are all
scaling back, dropping periodicals in
snip
I'm old-fashioned (or maybe just old) but I still find it much easier to
read on paper than on a display. It'll be a sad day when all you can
get is digitised books, unless digital paper technology has advanced at
least a few order of magnitude by then.
/snip
Try kindle.
Regards,
On 11/17/2010 12:20 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
I'm old-fashioned (or maybe just old) but I still find it much easier to
read on paper than on a display. It'll be a sad day when all you can
get is digitised books, unless digital paper technology has advanced at
least a few order of
[snip all kindle love]
I don't know but eReaders are just not for everyone yet. I don't like
holding that device in my hand as much as I like holding a book. The
buttons are all clumsy to press in my opinion compared to flipping
through book pages. The page transitions are annoying too. I am not
On Wednesday 17 Nov 2010, Karanbir Singh wrote:
On 11/17/2010 12:20 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
I'm old-fashioned (or maybe just old) but I still find it much
easier to read on paper than on a display. It'll be a sad day
when all you can get is digitised books, unless digital paper
Hi,
On 11/17/2010 01:20 PM, Nandeep Mali wrote:
I don't know but eReaders are just not for everyone yet. I don't like
I dont think the ebook readers are really a 1:1 match with the reason
for decline in library size's and content. Its more of a case of what
content, and how its consumed.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 07:45:13PM +0530, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
Well, the Kindle and its brethren are out anyway for me due to DRM.
You mean the *Amazon Kindle Store* content is out because of DRM. If you think
of Kindle as just a personal electronic device, just like your mobile or
can I read html, text, PDF files of my own?
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2010/11/18 Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org:
can I read html, text, PDF files of my own?
The Kindle or, any other ebook reader for that matter supports a set
of file formats. Is your question specific to whether you can transfer
self-published content to the device and read ? If that is the
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:38 AM, sankarshan
foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote:
2010/11/18 Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org:
can I read html, text, PDF files of my own?
The Kindle or, any other ebook reader for that matter supports a set
of file formats. Is your question specific to whether
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