Mystery and Crime Christie, Agatha: The Mysterious Affair at Styles. v2. 29 Aug 2009

Abecedary · 08-26-2009, 05:43 PM

This is my first attempt at making an ePub book by hand. I present Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in which detective Poirot is brought in to investigate the murder of the wealthy Mrs. Inglethorp.

The main text was sourced from PG, with images found on another site. I've gone through and attempted to correct/italicize all of the bits of French that are littered throughout the book.

Finally, I've attempted to make all of the images scalable, so readers with smaller screens should hopefully fare well. If anyone is reading this on a Jetbook, smartphone, or other device with a non-800x600 screen, please let me know if this works. Thanks and enjoy!

EDIT: 29 Aug 2009 (v1 downloaded 46 times)
A few minor tweaks to text styles
Added a description in the OPF file
NOTE: Calibre doesn't recognize the SVG cover, so the book isn't readable there. However, it seems to work fine everywhere else.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-26-2009, 05:47 PM

thank you abecedary ! this looks really nice. excellent work ! it's great to have the illustrations as well ! i haven't read this for a while, it will be a real pleasure to read this well-formatted edition on my liseuse.

karma to you. i hope you'll make more epub books.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-26-2009, 06:00 PM

hm, just for info, ade desktop opened the file just fine, but calibre doesn't seem to like it.

i sent it through the threepress epubcheck validation tool here http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate and it says it's valid, so i'm not sure what calibre's problem is... i suspect it doesn't like svg images (it can't find the cover).

Kris777 · 08-26-2009, 06:08 PM

I'm not a big fan of Agatha Christie but I like how this book looks on jetBook screen.
I see the pictures "Door to Servant's Room" and "Mrs. Inglethorp's bedroom" fine on jetBook screen in landscape mode.

LuBiB · 08-26-2009, 06:10 PM

very cool! it works perfectly on the jetbook

Abecedary · 08-26-2009, 06:12 PM

Hmmm. Thanks for pointing that out, zelda. As far as I know, SVGs are allowed image formats. I'd hate to have to lose the cover. The other images are all PNGs. Anyways, I just realized that I never did fill in the description text in the opf file, so I'll be doing an update in the next day or so. Maybe I can figure out why calibre doesn't like it by then.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-26-2009, 06:13 PM

svgs are definitely allowed, so please keep the cover, it's really nice ! it might be a bug in calibre, in which case you should mention it to kovid. as i said, it validated, and ade had no problems with it, so i wouldn't worry too much. i'll check back for the update with the description though.

Jan J · 01-30-2010, 08:51 PM

Thank you so much for this book. Enjoyed it thoroughly and it was perfect on my Sony 600.

bassclefrules · 01-02-2012, 10:32 PM

Abecedary,

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to create this ePub! I received a Kindle Touch for Christmas, and I downloaded a free version of this book from Amazon. However, because it did not include the illustrations, I went searching for them on the web.

My Google search led me to this thread. Your ePub version is much nicer because of the time you took to include illustrations and formatting such as italics. FYI, the illustrations work very nicely on the Touch, as they can be expanded to fill the full screen so I can see more detail. I used calibre to convert and transfer the ePub format to the Kindle, and your ePub is readable in calibre 0.8.33 on my Mac, as well. Thank you again for your contribution.

08-26-2009, 05:43 PM	#1
Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 535 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	Christie, Agatha: The Mysterious Affair at Styles. v2. 29 Aug 2009 This is my first attempt at making an ePub book by hand. I present Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in which detective Poirot is brought in to investigate the murder of the wealthy Mrs. Inglethorp. The main text was sourced from PG, with images found on another site. I've gone through and attempted to correct/italicize all of the bits of French that are littered throughout the book. Finally, I've attempted to make all of the images scalable, so readers with smaller screens should hopefully fare well. If anyone is reading this on a Jetbook, smartphone, or other device with a non-800x600 screen, please let me know if this works. Thanks and enjoy! EDIT: 29 Aug 2009 (v1 downloaded 46 times) A few minor tweaks to text styles Added a description in the OPF file NOTE: Calibre doesn't recognize the SVG cover, so the book isn't readable there. However, it seems to work fine everywhere else. Last edited by mtravellerh; 01-31-2010 at 12:31 PM. Reason: uploaded v2

01-30-2010, 08:51 PM	#8
Jan J Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 426 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lone Tree, CO (Way too far from Disneyland!) Device: Sony PRS600	Thank you so much for this book. Enjoyed it thoroughly and it was perfect on my Sony 600. Last edited by Jan J; 01-30-2010 at 08:54 PM.

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08-26-2009, 05:47 PM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	thank you abecedary ! this looks really nice. excellent work ! it's great to have the illustrations as well ! i haven't read this for a while, it will be a real pleasure to read this well-formatted edition on my liseuse. karma to you. i hope you'll make more epub books.

08-26-2009, 06:00 PM	#3
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hm, just for info, ade desktop opened the file just fine, but calibre doesn't seem to like it. i sent it through the threepress epubcheck validation tool here http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate and it says it's valid, so i'm not sure what calibre's problem is... i suspect it doesn't like svg images (it can't find the cover).

08-26-2009, 06:08 PM	#4
Kris777 Banned Posts: 1,767 Karma: 2520493 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Nexus 7, jetBook-Lite, jetBook mini, Toshiba Thrive, JETBOOK COLOR	I'm not a big fan of Agatha Christie but I like how this book looks on jetBook screen. I see the pictures "Door to Servant's Room" and "Mrs. Inglethorp's bedroom" fine on jetBook screen in landscape mode.

08-26-2009, 06:10 PM	#5
LuBiB Banned Posts: 349 Karma: 1018593 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Device: jetBook, iPhone, JETBOOK COLOR!!	very cool! it works perfectly on the jetbook

08-26-2009, 06:12 PM	#6
Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 535 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	Hmmm. Thanks for pointing that out, zelda. As far as I know, SVGs are allowed image formats. I'd hate to have to lose the cover. The other images are all PNGs. Anyways, I just realized that I never did fill in the description text in the opf file, so I'll be doing an update in the next day or so. Maybe I can figure out why calibre doesn't like it by then.

08-26-2009, 06:13 PM	#7
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	svgs are definitely allowed, so please keep the cover, it's really nice ! it might be a bug in calibre, in which case you should mention it to kovid. as i said, it validated, and ade had no problems with it, so i wouldn't worry too much. i'll check back for the update with the description though.

01-02-2012, 10:32 PM	#9
bassclefrules Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 11802 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St Louis Device: Kindle Touch	Abecedary, Thank you for taking the time and trouble to create this ePub! I received a Kindle Touch for Christmas, and I downloaded a free version of this book from Amazon. However, because it did not include the illustrations, I went searching for them on the web. My Google search led me to this thread. Your ePub version is much nicer because of the time you took to include illustrations and formatting such as italics. FYI, the illustrations work very nicely on the Touch, as they can be expanded to fill the full screen so I can see more detail. I used calibre to convert and transfer the ePub format to the Kindle, and your ePub is readable in calibre 0.8.33 on my Mac, as well. Thank you again for your contribution.

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