Traveller in E-Book?

[Dave Chase]

Any chance of getting the Mongoose Traveller books released as E-Books?

Dave Chase

 

[hdan]

They're already available as PDFs. But having one specifically formatted for an e-reader might be desirable.

 

[dmccoy1693]

I tried doing that with the SRD. I gave up. With such variable screen sizes, it made formatting near impossible.

 

[DFW]

Any chance of getting the Mongoose Traveller books released as E-Books?

Dave Chase

http://www.simplehelp.net/2010/04/05/how-to-convert-pdf-files-to-epub-files-to-read-on-your-ipad-with-ibooks/

There ya go.

 

[dmccoy1693]

There are more ereaders out there than just the iPad. The Kindle has the largest market share of dedicated ereaders, but far more people read ebooks on their iphone. And iphone isn't the #1 smart phone (its #3, android is #1 and blackberry is #2). Formatting tables to be easily read on all of these (especially when you can zoom in, destroying the formatting) in one single file is near impossible.

 

[SJE]

Any chance of getting the Mongoose Traveller books released as E-Books?

Dave Chase

http://www.simplehelp.net/2010/04/05/how-to-convert-pdf-files-to-epub-files-to-read-on-your-ipad-with-ibooks/

There ya go.

If you have an Ipad, then Goodreader is the best thing to read your PDF on.

SJE

 

[Dark Lord Skippy]

This is good information to know actually. I was unaware that I would not be able to read pdf files on a Kindle. I had planned on using a Kindle (that I would buy in my near future) to hold gaming books in pdf format.

If I cant do that, well, I may hold off in my Kindle purchase.

 

[Alric]

This is good information to know actually. I was unaware that I would not be able to read pdf files on a Kindle. I had planned on using a Kindle (that I would buy in my near future) to hold gaming books in pdf format.

If I cant do that, well, I may hold off in my Kindle purchase.

I read PDFs on my Kindle all the time. It does have problems with opening the occasional PDF but handles most. The kindle seems to have problems with some of the PDF writers out there.

So far all the Traveller PDFs I've tried open just fine.

For PDFs I would strongly recommend the DX version of the Kindle. the bigger screen is a must.

 

[TravellerArt]

If you have an Ipad, then Goodreader is the best thing to read your PDF on.
SJE

Agreed, I have a lot of Traveller stuff on my iPhone which I access with Goodreader, it will even open the large Mongoose Maps, and it's zoomable too.

 

[apoc527]

Yea, Goodreader is the best for iPad/iPhone PDF viewing, and you can even bookmark the heck out of the books.

 

[JRoss]

If you buy an ereader, get a nook. They have color displays and can read pdfs.

 

[DFW]

This next year, there will be a color eInk reader. Not like the back-lit color readers out so far. This is what I'm waiting for.