e-readers and e-fic
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Happened to go to the Twisting the Hellmouth archive (predominantly a Buffy archive, with some other fandoms represented) to get an author name so I could tag a fic, and noticed that this archive, like AO3, offers downloading options in mobi (for Kindle), epub (for Nook and Sony), and txt. I think it's pretty awesome that archives are doing this.
I'd love to see the same options for our QAF-specific archives. Does anyone know what adding that capability to the archives would entail? It would be up to the owners of the archives, of course, but I just got to wondering if it would be a huge, difficult thing to offer?
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wouldn't mind seeing epub and mobi links offered within our share sites, either.
We're also trying out a new tag: "e-readers: e-reader dl available". We hope this will become a much-used tag over time as more authors upload to some of these sites. I'd like to request that if you know there's an e-reader version available on an archive, even if you don't link to it, would you mention it in a comment, please?
Of course it's always possible to convert a fic to your reader format using calibre or other conversion software. These archive options just save a few steps in the process.
Any insight you guys have is appreciated!
I'd love to see the same options for our QAF-specific archives. Does anyone know what adding that capability to the archives would entail? It would be up to the owners of the archives, of course, but I just got to wondering if it would be a huge, difficult thing to offer?
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wouldn't mind seeing epub and mobi links offered within our share sites, either.
We're also trying out a new tag: "e-readers: e-reader dl available". We hope this will become a much-used tag over time as more authors upload to some of these sites. I'd like to request that if you know there's an e-reader version available on an archive, even if you don't link to it, would you mention it in a comment, please?
Of course it's always possible to convert a fic to your reader format using calibre or other conversion software. These archive options just save a few steps in the process.
Any insight you guys have is appreciated!
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Date: 2011-02-22 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-02-22 12:23 pm (UTC)Lulu.com offers the ability to format for print on demand, CD/DVD, and e-pub. I know you upload a PDF, I don't know if you can export and try it.
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Date: 2011-02-22 09:03 pm (UTC)So, these archives that have the "coding," whatever that means, already embedded as an e-reader file choice means you're going to get a clean, well-formatted file.
Here's an example of the download options on AO3 for a Rhi fic (http://archiveofourown.org/works/159623?view_adult=true). See at the top right corner there are download options? If you have a Nook or Kindle or Sony reader (and maybe others, too) and you DL the format that your reader reads, you'll have a perfect reading copy available on your reader.
I think it would be fantastic to see those options at the Tribe or MW or TQL or bjfic if it ever reappears. But I have no clue what adding that option to an archive entails or whether the site owners would want to.
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Date: 2011-02-23 07:26 am (UTC)Same with that other archive I mentioned. Don't know how much QAF fic they have. I've never heard of that archive before and didn't poke around any.
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Date: 2011-02-23 12:09 pm (UTC)I use this online program to convert my own word and PDF documents into mobi and it works really well and who knows - one day it might be custom that those formats are offered for download.
http://www.online-convert.com/result/27ad7bf7002d882d208dee4270268ae0
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