| During this tutorial
you will create a ‘psp ready’ ebook and transfer
it to your psp for your reading pleasure. Section
A - Create the book on your PC
- Open psp ebook creator. Click File > Load text
(source) file and select dracula.txt
from the texts folder (created in the programs
install folder). The 1st page of the file will be shown
in the psp Window.
- Select destination. ClickFile > Select output
folder and select the folder on your PC that will be
used to save the psp ebook.
- Change format. Click the Landscape button
to re-format the page in Landscape mode (the psp Window
will automatically update when you make an option change).
- Display an image. Click File > Select background
image and select sample horror.jpg
from the backgrounds folder (created in
the programs install folder).
- Change the ink colour. Click the Ink colour
button and choose white from the colour
options box.
- Change page font. Click Select font button
and choose Tahoma, size 8, regular from
the font selection box.
- Add a book title. Check Title option and
type ‘Dracula – Bram Stoker’
into the empty text box.
- Preview output. Click Actions > 1:1 Preview
to open the preview window. Close the window by clicking
‘x’ button in the title bar.
- Choose a filename. In the text box to the right
of Create button, type in ‘dracula’.
(Do not include a file extension.)
Your screen should match the screenshot below:
- Build the psp Book. Click Actions > Build
ebook or Click the Build ebook button. (While
the book is building the status bar will update to show
you which page is being created. When the process is finished
the status bar will update accordingly.)
Section B - Transfer the ebook
to your PSP
- Connect your psp to the PC (see psp manual if you need
help with this).
- Open windows explorer on your PC and find the drive letter
assigned to the PSP memory stick. Navigate to the psp/photo
folder.
- Create a new sub folder called ‘dracula’
(/psp/photo/dracula).
- Copy the files from the folder you defined in section
A2 to the folder you created in section B4.
- Disconnect your psp from the PC and browse to the psp's
‘Photo’ menu. Select ‘dracula’
from the photo group and open '0001-dracula.jpg'.
The book will now be displayed. you can turn pages back
and forth using the psp shoulder buttons (indicated by the
arrows in the navigation bar).
- Enjoy a good read!
Have fun and experiment with the other options to create
a book style of your own.
Remember to visit www.gutenberg.org
to download thousands of famous full length books/novels that
are now out of copyright in the US.
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