CBR or CBZ

Alphos2000 Nov 04, 2009 11:09pm GMT

Tony Freeman, CBR & CBZ formats are only .rar (cbr) and .zip (cbz) files with the extension renamed, and they contains .jpg or .png files. Try opening a cbr file with winrar and you will see it. What I don't know is how Nook manages picture files.

@ Tony Freeman

Justin Nov 01, 2009 3:01am GMT

According to Wikipedia [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file#Design ],
cbz and cbr files are, respectively, zip and rar archives. From the sound of it, I think you could extract the archives into png/jpeg files. Under the Nook faq ( http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/support/ ),
"Q. What File Formats does nook support?
A. Nook supports all eBooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers sold at Barnes & Noble.com. You can also load many other files, including MP3s and PDFs, as well as ePub and PDB files.

You can also load images for wallpaper and screensavers using the JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP formats. "


I am unsure if this means it does not have a built-in reader for JPG/PNG or that using them as wallpaper/screensavers is simply an option. Either way, there is png2pdf ( http://png2pdf.sourceforge.net/usage.html ) or Image Magick ( http://bitprison.net/jpg_to_pdf ).

Finally, you can simply 'copy and paste' pics into OpenOffice and export to PDF.

CBR or CBZ Format?

Tony Freeman Oct 31, 2009 5:59pm GMT

The majority of my free reading time is reading comics in cbr or cbz format. Does anyone happen to know if this device can properly display comics in one or both of these formats? Can I upload txt or cbr/z files to the device? If it can handle cbr/z, then I know what I'm getting for the holiday!