Frequently asked questions
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What is dripread?
- dripread provides a way to read books (or any other content)
by being drip fed a small amount of information each day. This page of
information is sent by email.
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What does dripread mean?
- The word 'dripread' is an adaptation of the word dripfeed,
with the word 'feed' replaced by the word 'read'. If you like, a
dripfeed of reading material. A slow steady stream of information
which is easy to process in the normal flow of life.
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How does dripread work?
- Readers first create a free account and upload their own
ebooks (or select a book from the existing library), dripread will
then store the ebook and serialise a page to the readers email
address, simple.
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Does it cost anything?
- Nope, it's totally free!
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What format do the Ebooks have to be in to upload?
- Ebooks have to be in the EPub format
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Are any other formats supported apart from EPub?
- Not at present. I would like to add PDF in future. Please send
me requests for what formats you would like supported to
[email protected].
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Do I have to create an account to use dripread?
- No, you can simply subscribe to receive installments of an
existing book from the library by supplying your email address and
clicking 'Start delivery of this book' link. You will receive a validation
email to make sure we can get emails to you. All you have to do is
confirm you want to receive installments is click the confirmation
link in the email.
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Why should I bother creating a free account?
- Well for one, you get to upload your own books and secondly
you get to see what books you are currently reading and modify your
subscriptions in the 'my books' section.
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What if I have a book or other document I want to
dripread but it's not in EPub format?
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The book must be converted to EPub format before it can be used by
dripread. We recomend the excellent free software Calibre at http://calibre-ebook.com/, which
can convert many formats to EPub
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I have received the first installment but the page is
either blank, a broken image, or just a title?
- This is a problem as some of the books have cover pages and
other introduction pages before the story actually starts. You can
skip these pages by clicking the 'next installment' link at the bottom
of the email. You will then be emailed the next page. Repeat this
until you find the start of the story. In future we're hoping to fix
this problem and make the first email omit the front cover and other ancillary pages
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How can I set my current reading installment
- Through My Books (You will need to log in), select the book and you can then set the current reading installment.
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