The Random Ebooks Questions Post

[elf]

Ask your questions! Get answers! Maybe even useful answers!

Ask anything! Ask about ereaders, or filetypes, or conversion methods, or where to find books, or which authors don't like ebooks, or what software works on which computers, or anything else ebook-related. Preferably, put the question, or part of it, in the subject line. That way, the questions will be easy to find, and new readers who show up can see if their question has been asked before.

Feel free to post links to your journal where you've spelled out your questions in detail (or just make a new post here; it's totally fine to make a long post about "thinking about ebook readers; what's the pros & cons of these two?")

Answer questions! If you know about a certain aspect of ebookery, jump in with answers!

Comments

[fred_mouse]

Does anyone have links for discussions of software that can be used for document conversions that doesn't reference fan fic? I need to be able to point a work mate at useful information, and I'm not really willing to get into a discussion of the whys and wherefores of what I do in my own time.

[elf]

Yes! Mobileread forums have endless discussions about conversions that have no connection at all to fanfic!

Their ebook software set of forums are for Calibre, Sigil, EPUBReader, Writer2ePub, Open Inkpot, and general ebook-library-management discussions; they also have a Workshop forum for all aspects of ebook creation, from scanning to OCR programs to editing programs.

Fanfic occasionally gets mentioned but not focused on, and somehow comes off sounding like "I want to download and convert a year's archives from my favorite blogs" instead of "I want 350mb of Kirk/Spock at my fingertips."

I'd be happy to point you at specific threads, but would probably need some hints about which aspects of conversion/ebook production you want tips for.

[fred_mouse]

thank you so much for this! I'll pass on the details that you have given me, and if she has more questions, I'll give specific details here. At this point, I'm not sure what she is after because the question was along the lines of "how do I put my documents on here?".

[elf]

For that one, the short answer is "Calibre, which may involve saving word .docs as .rtf files first." And feel free to point her to Mobileread; they love helping people get comfortable with putting content on the ereaders.