Make ebooks pretty with GutenMark

Posted by dmpop on Mar 8, 2009 6:01 PM EDT
Linux Beacon; By Dmitri Popov
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Project Gutenberg is a real treasure trove for bookworms and casual readers alike, but turning etext files into a readable form is not as easy as it may seem. In theory, since etexts are just plain text files, you should be able to open and read them on any platform without any tweaking. In practice, however, this approach rarely works.

Project Gutenberg is a real treasure trove for bookworms and casual readers alike, but turning etext files into a readable form is not as easy as it may seem. In theory, since etexts are just plain text files, you should be able to open and read them on any platform without any tweaking. In practice, however, this approach rarely works. Hard line breaks, for example, ruin the text flow, making it virtually impossible to read the book on a mobile device. Fixing all these and other issues manually to make an etext readable -- or even printable -- is a very daunting proposition, especially when dealing with longer texts. Thankfully, the GutenMark tool can take most of the burden off your shoulders.

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