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Yes, always or most of the time. | 43 | 31.39% | |
Yes, sometimes. | 17 | 12.41% | |
Yes, but only to fix issues | 38 | 27.74% | |
No. | 35 | 25.55% | |
Other (specify) | 10 | 7.30% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll |
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05-08-2024, 06:21 PM | #136 | |
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05-08-2024, 07:02 PM | #137 | |
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05-08-2024, 07:19 PM | #138 | |
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05-08-2024, 09:09 PM | #139 |
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I will always edit the metadata and download a cover if the original one is too small/not the one I want. Also I will run the polish books function to update the cover in the book file, remove unused CSS rules, and compress images.
As far as editing the actual code of the book, when I was using KOReader I could get away with not doing so most of the time. That was because I could choose to ignore font families, margins, padding, etc. within the reader. Now that I'm trying to use the stock reader (for the Libra Colour note-taking features), I find myself having to remove these things from the code myself, and quite frequently. I really wish the stock reader had some way to ignore publisher fonts |
05-08-2024, 09:46 PM | #140 |
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If you use KEPUB, selecting your own font from the font list overrides all of the publisher's font choices.
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05-08-2024, 11:20 PM | #141 |
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05-09-2024, 12:55 AM | #142 |
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It's one of the reasons I use it, too, along with the fast page turn feature, image viewer, and better performance.
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05-09-2024, 05:31 AM | #143 | |
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05-09-2024, 07:46 AM | #144 |
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For me, a cover is something you page past to get to the book. I don't browse by cover or show it anywhere. So even Gutenberg covers don't annoy me too much.
I never de-DRM a book. It's not moral inhibition, I just can't be bothered. For horrible CSS (I'm looking at you Duke, the publisher with the stupid dog) I just use the "nuclear option" and delete all (still encrypted) CSS files from the zip (epub). The one book I did edit was the Gutenberg Shakespeare. The TOC was a train wreck. I offered my cleaned up Play/Act/Scene TOC to Gutenberg but they insisted on using their automatic TOC generator running off <h1><h2><h3> on very mixed sourced plays. |
05-09-2024, 07:52 AM | #145 | |
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Then if you did decide to change the CSS instead of drop it, you could. |
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05-09-2024, 01:24 PM | #146 |
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Here's an example of Table of Contents for Shakespeare.
The left is my version, the right is stock Gutenberg. Ha, ha, any time you post something you spot an error: "of" should not be capitalized. Last edited by Renate; 05-09-2024 at 01:27 PM. |
05-09-2024, 03:07 PM | #147 | |
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05-09-2024, 03:58 PM | #148 |
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05-09-2024, 04:23 PM | #149 |
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05-09-2024, 04:28 PM | #150 |
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