Readable text and audio formats?

Readable text and audio formats?

[Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 1 9 5 3 4 6]

Hi all.  Occasionally I get daring and try looking at possible reading
matter for books and magazines.  I came across subscription for Fantasy
and science fiction magazine which I've always enjoyed.  It lists digital
formats that I assume you use with your handheld whatever.  Not having
paid much attention to these kind of developments, I was wondering if any
of these are usable by us?  I know audible dot com needs win to use I
guess, ***but I see mention of some kind of mp3 in the following.  So, can
mplayer or some of our apps read any of this sort of thing?  Here's th
excerpt:

nd Science Fiction - Secure Order Form (p2 of 6)
  Available Formats: Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Palm Reader (PDB),
Rocket/REB1100
 (RB), Microsoft Reader (LIT), Franklin eBookMan (FUB), Hiebook (KML),
iSilo
                          (PDB), Mobipocket (PRC)
                        ____________________________

                                audible.com
  PC Digital Audio: PocketPC models, Apple iPod, Audible Otis, Rio
players,
  Iomega HipZip, Visor with AudibleAdvisor, Digisette Duo-Aria MP3 player,
                 Franklin eBookman PDA, Palm OS5 handhelds
     Mac (Mac OS X and iTunes3) Digital Audio: Apple iPod, Audible Otis




Thanks much.

Re: Readable text and audio formats?

[Travis Siegel]

On Sep 23, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 1 9 5 3 4  
6 <paulmigs@migliorelli.org> wrote:

> Hi all.  Occasionally I get daring and try looking at possible reading
> matter for books and magazines.  I came across subscription for  
> Fantasy
> and science fiction magazine which I've always enjoyed.  It lists  
> digital
> formats that I assume you use with your handheld whatever.  Not having
> paid much attention to these kind of developments, I was wondering  
> if any
> of these are usable by us?  I know audible dot com needs win to use I

AAlmost any of those formats will work for us.  I've used pdb, lit,  
and pdf as well as standard mp3 formats.  The easiest by far is to  
download the pdb formats from fictionwise, (since they're not  
encrypted as they are directly from f&sf) then run a script on it to  
convert it back to text, then use any reader you like.  I'd give you  
the name of the package I use, but I can't think of it at the  
moment.  I'll dig it up next time I'm on the linux box, and send it  
along.

Re: Readable text and audio formats?

[hank smith]

what other magizeens are there that use this?
thanks
hank
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> On Sep 23, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 1 9 5 3 4  6 
> <paulmigs@migliorelli.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.  Occasionally I get daring and try looking at possible reading
>> matter for books and magazines.  I came across subscription for  Fantasy
>> and science fiction magazine which I've always enjoyed.  It lists 
>> digital
>> formats that I assume you use with your handheld whatever.  Not having
>> paid much attention to these kind of developments, I was wondering  if 
>> any
>> of these are usable by us?  I know audible dot com needs win to use I
>
> AAlmost any of those formats will work for us.  I've used pdb, lit,  and 
> pdf as well as standard mp3 formats.  The easiest by far is to  download 
> the pdb formats from fictionwise, (since they're not  encrypted as they 
> are directly from f&sf) then run a script on it to  convert it back to 
> text, then use any reader you like.  I'd give you  the name of the package 
> I use, but I can't think of it at the  moment.  I'll dig it up next time 
> I'm on the linux box, and send it  along.
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Re: Readable text and audio formats?

[Travis Siegel]

On Oct 11, 2005, at 9:00 PM, hank smith wrote:

> what other magizeens are there that use this?

TTake a look at http://www.fictionwise.com and look at their  
magazines.  There's quite a few.  http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com has  
some too, but I think they're mostly repeats of what fictionwise  
has.  Analog Science fiction magazine, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction  
Magazine, Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine, Fantasy  
and Science fiction, Handheld computing, and a few others as well.   
It's really worth the look.  They're not free, but it is generally  
worth the subscription price.