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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Reading Project Gutenberg books from a PSP

Most discussion of using the PSP as an ebook reader centers around programs which convert text into jpeg images which can then be read using the /Pictures function.

Here is another way to access a large library of content without buying an iPhone or a Kindle.

A large number of Project Gutenberg texts are in html format and small enough to download to the PSP in their entirety. Books can be accessed directly from the Project Gutenberg site by using the search feature, to locate a book or author, and then scrolling down to see the available formats. Unzipped Html files under a megabyte should load without a problem. Larger files will need to be broken up into smaller segments using a computer.

Also, I've found that the search function at the University of Pennsylvania is easier to navigate than Gutenberg's, while still taking you to the same files.

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