Archive for the ‘DjVu’ Category

DjVu again

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

For the most part, DjVu is well-documented (DjVu.org | Wikipedia). I'll add a few comments though, especially regarding its use for viewing books with pictures. It's widely acknowledged that the DjVu format excels in the online presentation of images/pictures, when compared with PDF, but this is not emphasized as much as ...

Google Books vs DjVu in Internet Archive

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Finding a heavily illustrated book that's in both Google Books (GBS) and Internet Archive (IA) gives a good comparison of the strengths and weaknesses in the way illustrated books are presented in these systems. Shown below are the "intro" pages for the book in the 2 systems. The clear advantage of ...