ebook situation

[cedounet]

Let's use that as a master bug.

There are several problems with our ebooks.

1. They are too big so nobody uses them on Kindle. There is an action about that Add version with smaller, B&W images for Kindle #216
2. The whole (sans)-serif thing i think is useless. From my experience the reader opens with last selected font...
   Remove sans serif ebook from makefile #228
3. We support 3 formats, two of them are outdated. I have no problem keeping them, if they are actually used of course. Remove azw3 and mobi ebook format from build #242
4. The list of flowchart does not work (despite 2 entries). This might explain why you needed to do ruby magic for the website. Add list of flowcharts in ebook #240
5. Some stuff don't show up greatly (degres, some tables, ...) Fix issue with degrees display in flowcharts #223

Might sound like a rant, I promise it is not, just me not being a user of ebooks I need guidance on what makes sense to do and somebody testing it.

Opinions/thoughts ?

C/

[cedounet]

MWE for debug now in a branch https://github.com/hendricius/the-sourdough-framework/tree/225-ebook-situation

[hendricius]

1. I don't have a kindle myself. But my dad tried with the .epub version and he could use this tool to send it over (https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle). It supports max 200mb, so that should be good.

2. This was a request originally from someone who had a hart time reading the pdf with serifs. I am no expert on accessibility, but I propose we keep it for now?

3. Agreed - let's remove .mobi and azw3. We can update the instructions on the website for kindle users? It should save a lot of build time.

4. At least for the website it works currently.

5. Agreed. I will see if PR Fix issue with degrees display in flowcharts #223 fixes it and test a bit more.

[cedounet]

2. pdf sans serif makes sense. Plenty of reasons not to like serif on low res screens… or other reasons. We should keep it.

The sans serif ebook I am more puzzled about as ebook will choose the font it wants and its size.

[cedounet]

4. At least for the website it works currently.

Yes agree.. you did a good job at working around the issues for the website, just that does not solve the ebook. And we should fix them at the root if we can :)

[cedounet]

Agreed - let's remove .mobi and azw3. We can update the instructions on the website for kindle users? It should save a lot of build time.

I will do that in 2 steps... First remove downloads links and see if somebody is unhappy... If not I will remove the code in the makefile.

[cedounet]

Agreed - let's remove .mobi and azw3. We can update the instructions on the website for kindle users? It should save a lot of build time.

I will do that in 2 steps... First remove downloads links and see if somebody is unhappy... If not I will remove the code in the makefile.

#227

[cedounet]

2. pdf sans serif makes sense. Plenty of reasons not to like serif on low res screens… or other reasons. We should keep it.

The sans serif ebook I am more puzzled about as ebook will choose the font it wants and its size.

#228

[hendricius]

@cedounet thanks! I agree, I checked on some ebook readers and they indeed ship their own fonts mostly. So it makes no sense to have 2 versions for epub. Only for the PDF.

[cedounet]

Look like we are done with the easy ones :D

[cedounet]

The list of flowchart does not work (despite 2 entries). This might explain why you needed to do ruby magic for the website.

#240

[cedounet]

Update:

• No flowcharts on ebook No flowcharts on ebooks #279
• symbols not showing up Chemical formula broken on website #184 Degree symbol not showing up on website #183

the rest is addressed...

[cedounet]

Closing now as we are down to 2 issues #184 #183 which are non-critical and tracked somewhere else...