Annie Hill wrote:No chance of it being offered in e-pub form is there?  I can't afford the postage nor the space for another book, without offloading an old friend!

Yes, there is! 

Well done Roy and Many Thanks. 

I am halfway through a paper version and am totally absorbed.  It is a very good read. 

I am grateful to those who took the initiative, and to Robin for sending it by post, and to Sally for processing my cheque.  Luddites unite ...

Some of you may read it on your infernal communication engines, but tonight I will be tucked up in the lambing chair by the wood stove with a real book book.  Sadly I gave up my pipe in 1983 but I will have my slippers on ...

A good start to 2013.  Best wishes to all. 

Annie Hill wrote: Well done to both David and Roy.  The only wee problem is that, as with Erik the Red, I find that the print is teensy weensy and although the book is e-pub (I converted ETR myself) I can't adjust the font size.  Anyone else come across this issue, please?

BTW, I find that my Kobo e-reader (in its smart, purple leather case) is as pleasant to read when I curl up in the corner of my saloon, as a 'real' book.  Something that surprises me.  Best of all, in good lighting, I can just re-size the font a little and read without glasses.  Bliss!

Unfortunately to work on an e-reader properly the file should be converted to text with OCR software first. Which is a lot more time consuming, I had a go myself. But I went back to the PDF file and am reading on the laptop instead.

Gary King wrote:

Annie Hill wrote: Well done to both David and Roy.  The only wee problem is that, as with Erik the Red, I find that the print is teensy weensy and although the book is e-pub (I converted ETR myself) I can't adjust the font size.  Anyone else come across this issue, please?

BTW, I find that my Kobo e-reader (in its smart, purple leather case) is as pleasant to read when I curl up in the corner of my saloon, as a 'real' book.  Something that surprises me.  Best of all, in good lighting, I can just re-size the font a little and read without glasses.  Bliss!

Unfortunately to work on an e-reader properly the file should be converted to text with OCR software first. Which is a lot more time consuming, I had a go myself. But I went back to the PDF file and am reading on the laptop instead.

That's the problem. I ran Eureka through my OCR kit, and the original print is so fuzzy that there are very many wrongly-recognised characters. Same with Erik and all the old books. Given a great deal of time, they could be sorted out, the file size much reduced and the font made clearer and scaleable. 

Gary King wrote:Erik the Red is fine, that pdf had been OCR'd. I converted it to Kindle and read it in comfort.

Guess I need to try again!