E-Book Helpfull tools

Last Updated on Sunday, 08 March 2009 19:26 Written by Jebbit Sunday, 11 January 2009 00:10

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How to Use:

First download the software here (Scroll Down to the Download Section, its called Jpeg Book. This is the direct link to Jpeg Book Version Ver2.1.1 for Windows (Latest Version)

Once you download the zip open it and you will find these files in it shown below.

Jpeg Book Files

Execute the file called jpegbook and this is what you will see

Jpeg Book Screenshot

Now go to the Edit function and choose the full config. Ensure to set Jpg quality to 100%. This will ensure

you have the best reading quality text and will not take up that much more space.

Jpeg Book Function

Choose the below setting QVGA (320x240) this is the size of the Zen Vision M's screen. You can also choose the quality setting, quality and size of the image are directly proportional.

Choose Image Size

Now go to the file menu and go to the open text file option. You can also paste text in the text editor at the bottom of Jpegbooks interface.

Open txt file

Once you select a file, it will show you a preview of the page in the preview box and you can also edit the text in the box below.

Preview the Text

Click on the output folder icon to choose where you want to save the image files that the software will create.

Choose Output Folder

Now hit the start button!

Press Start

Output Results:

The results are excellent and fit the Zens screen perfectly. This is an image of the output for you to take a look at.

The way the text will look on your Zen

Now if the conversion creates files in excess of 999 this will pose a small but fixable problem. Most portable units assume progressive numbering not numeric, 100 and 1000 read the same as 1 and 2. Therefore anyting over 1000 gets mixed into the numeric order creating a book that is all out of order. To prevent this there are 2 methods. The easiest is to create a new folder for every 999 files. It is rare that a book is over 1999 so 1 to 2 folders takes care of most books for the creative zen sized screen. 

 


 if you must have the files in one folder no matter what, there is a Bulk Renaming Utility in the download area that can convert the files so they can be put in the same folder.