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INDEXWhat is your experience of using Kindle or other eBook readers for reading screenplays?
10 years, 11 months ago - Hardy Saleh
What is your experience of using Kindle or other eBook readers for reading screenplays?
In particular, how does the formatting hold up when importing PDFs?
Any other general comments much appreciated.
Thanks!
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10 years, 11 months ago - D. James Newton
I use iBooks on my iPad to read screenplays. I do it all the time. It's my default preferred way to read any screenplay PDF.
If the script has been exported via Final draft as a PDF - then it's exactly the same.
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10 years, 11 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Problem with 'properly' formatted scripts is that they waste paper like nobody's business. E Readers however have smaller screens and you want to make better use of the screen real estate, to save the text being too small, or worse still having to resize and scroll the whole time. I know people who do it, but it's not something I'd relish!
Response from 10 years, 11 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin SHOW
10 years, 11 months ago - Peter Ward
Anything that needs the equivalent of a tag is is a hot mess on Kindle (unless the document is properly prepped with Kindle's formatting rules-something they hardly bother to do with most books). At least dedicated apps know what they are doing and format it properly, if scaled. For Kindle you can use native PDF, but might have to pinch-zoom in a lot to read depending on screen size and your vision....
There really needs to be a parser that converts to something closer to a stage play format, all left aligned.
Response from 10 years, 11 months ago - Peter Ward SHOW