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| Author: | smartgo [ Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Go Books as ePub |
Most of the books at gobooks.com are now available as ePub. More details here: https://smartgo.blog/2019/03/08/epubs-gobooks-com/ |
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| Author: | RobertJasiek [ Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
Avoiding proprietary file formats is great news for Windows users! I will install some ebook reader(s), try if the samples work and, if they do, finally buy what I did not buy before because of the Apple-limited ecosystem. |
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| Author: | hyperpape [ Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
Am I remembering correctly that SmartGo just uses SGF, and embeds the book related metadata in SGF attributes that it knows how to handle? |
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| Author: | smartgo [ Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
hyperpape wrote: Am I remembering correctly that SmartGo just uses SGF, and embeds the book related metadata in SGF attributes that it knows how to handle? I did that for the first 20 books, but it was too cumbersome and error-prone, as the SGF tree structure didn't match the more linear structure of a book. Since then, I'm using my .gobook format, as described here: https://smartgo.com/pdf/gobookformat.pdf To create the ePub, I read that .gobook format and write it out as an ePub, which is a zipped collection of HTML with a specific structure and added information, plus some JavaScript for the interactive parts. The diagrams are done using SVG so that they scale properly. |
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| Author: | gowan [ Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
I tried reading a couple of samples using whatever my Windows 10 default reader is (Edge?) and it was readable but the numbers on the stones were off center and just a little bit difficult to read. I didn't try theother things. |
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| Author: | smartgo [ Sat Mar 09, 2019 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
gowan wrote: I tried reading a couple of samples using whatever my Windows 10 default reader is (Edge?) and it was readable but the numbers on the stones were off center and just a little bit difficult to read. Yes, Edge has a bug that causes the numbers to be off-center. On Windows, I would recommend calibre. Not perfect, but works better. |
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| Author: | TerryMulhern [ Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
Edge is terrible indeed. It was a nightmare for me. Any other sources (recommendations) for Windows? Besides Calibre. Thanks |
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| Author: | smartgo [ Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Go Books as ePub |
TerryMulhern wrote: Any other sources (recommendations) for Windows? Besides Calibre. I tried a bunch of ePub readers on Windows last year, and they were generally pretty bad. I'd love to hear that I missed some good ePub readers in my search, but it seems that there is definitely room for a well-designed ePub reader that handles JavaScript, on both Windows and Android. You could try Readium on Chrome and epub.js; however, those require more setup. Any specific reason why you're looking for alternatives to calibre? |
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