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HOW TO: Print PDFs as booklets to save paper

by Martyn on February 28, 2008

in Technical

Using the free BookletCreator.com you can print any PDF file as a booklet. It saves paper because you get four pages per sheet of paper instead of one or two if you print conventionally. You can limit the number of pages per booklet for long documents — I recommend a maximum of 48 pages per [...]

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ClearType for eBook reading

by Martyn on December 23, 2005

in Technical

I got my new laptop yesterday, but I wasn’t happy with the font display. I turned on ClearType, but it wasn’t much better. So I did a search on Google, and found a ClearType Tuner provided by Microsoft to make your fonts look great. This is highly recommended, especially for reading ebooks on a PC [...]

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Shock: PDFs at Fictionwise are “Printing Disabled”

by Martyn on December 7, 2005

in General,Technical

After writing yesterday’s post I noticed on the Fictionwise site that Mushroom eBooks titles are marked “Printing Disabled”. I have made enquiries and will report back as soon as I get an answer. In the meantime, it seems that you are limited to eBookAd.com or Cyberread.com for printable PDFs.

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Printing eBooks

by Martyn on December 7, 2005

in General,Technical

We are often asked how to print an eBook. Well here is my attempt at an answer: You are normally only able to print a PDF file, assuming that printing is not disabled (see below). All the other eBook formats cannot be printed. If you buy your book from somewhere like Fictionwise or eBookAd, you [...]

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We have moved

by Martyn on December 4, 2005

in Technical

The Mushroom eBooks Blog has moved to WordPress from Blogger. We were having too many problems with Blogger and WordPress came highly recommended. It took a while to set up, but I think the basics are working well now. It will allow quite a bit more functionality and I will keep you posted as new [...]

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