James Jenkins‭

Would content at https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/ be in scope here? I happened by the ebooks.meta and saw this post Are there any members interested in assisting as an official moderator? A few...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

This is a draft request, to set a standard for others interested in migrating in scope work from ebooks.stackexchange.com to writing.codidact.com See related Would content at ebooks.se be in scope ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

Strange import artifacts. I was looking at this post recently imported from books.se https://writing.codidact.com/questions/276013 It has several things as answers that are posts from writers.se.

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

The Studies reveal that personal choice is defined by each person and varies considerably. 72 characters is the old schools typewriter format. According to Wikipedia this is often maintained out o...

posted 11y ago by James Jenkins‭

There are several different software products for collecting and formatting the electronic written word. Microsoft & Google, are two big names offering products, there are also many others. Lo...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

A recent answer here indicates Amazon has a pretty restrictive payment policy. So minor authors selling books in multiple countries could have hundreds of dollars due them that have not yet hit the...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

I see some kindle books advertised on Amazon that say "text-to-speech: Enabled" what is this? How is it different from an audio book?

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

The internet archive https://archive.org/ lists both works they host as well as works in other libraries. While most (all?) of the ebook are available without cost the majority are public domain w...

posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

I have heard that I can use calibre to create a cloud with all my books, not just ones from a specific vendor. How would I do it?

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by James Jenkins‭

I was just sitting down to start shopping at Smashwords, and found this listing. A quick look on line seems to indicate this is some kind of world wide deal. What is "Read an Ebook Week"? Where...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

The question If a book doesn't have DRM does that mean it is OK to give a copy to my friend to read? has answers implying that without permission there are legal and ethical hurdles in giving away ...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by James Jenkins‭

Calibre offers .pdb as both input and output file types. This should meet your requirements, for converting from .epub to .pdb.

posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

I downloaded a .mobi file format book from Baen it opens fine on Calibre, and on my Kindle keyboard. When I try to open it on my Kindle Paperwhite I get this message Error An error occurred...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by James Jenkins‭

Some kindle models come with a text to speech software that has several optional settings. There is both male and female, as well as 3 speeds, which gives 6 different combinations. In theory, a l...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by James Jenkins‭

Most online publishers have a method to allow for updates to published ebooks. The user generally is given way to identify that a book has an update, then the user is given the option to re-downloa...

posted 10y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by James Jenkins‭