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All posts tagged "ebook"


Friday, December 21, 2007

zBooks Anyone?

Posted by David Tucker in "Zune Talk" @ 06:00 AM

http://vasudevg.blogspot.com/2007/12/read-e-books-on-your-zune.html

"Recently with so much talk of Kindle, I was thinking of how to read e-books or other documents such as PDF on my Zune. Then I came across a very handy application eBook to Images from Merlin Software. After you open any ebook in this program, it converts them into portable friendly images."

The meraTechPort blog has come up with an interesting way to read eBooks. With Merlin Software's 'ebook to images', you can convert your PDF into a series of images for reading on the go. If you really want. Personally I think this fits into the W?BIC category but if you really want to read books on your Zune, now you have a way!

Tags: ebook

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Want eBooks? Will JPEG-Books Be OK?

Posted by Damion Chaplin in "Zune Content Creation & Management" @ 06:00 PM

http://www.wiredzune.com/2007/03/ebook-nah-but-jpegbook/

"JPEGBook is a third party program which will automatically convert your text into a JPEG file suitable within the Zune dimensions. Now that’s called original! I’m not too sure on what to do with books that seem a bit too long, but I’m sure that if you can cope with reading hundreds of JPEGs, such quantities won’t be a problem. Also, some flair or excitement could be added to the whole deal, but I’m sure that such a program will continue to develop further."

Hmmm, interesting, though I can't imagine scrolling through a 300-page (I mean 300-JPEG) book using this. It is, however, quite imaginitive, and for someone who just can't get enough ebooks, this may be just the thing. Though I would venture that anyone that into ebooks probably already has a full-functioned ebook reader (like a Pocket PC). Any ebook fans here want to give it a spin? You can download it here (it's about 1/4 down the Japanese-only page).

Tags: ebook, jpegbook

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