Ron Nichols Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) So thanks to some talented people on here it has come to my attention that you can launch more than just games with Launchbox namely ebooks and comics as long as they are in zip files. Between CDisplay EX and SumatraPDF I am building a great library for my books and comics. https://imgur.com/eX4UWAB https://imgur.com/S60oKHc Anyone else doing something similar? Edited June 23, 2022 by Ron Nichols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Ron Nichols said: Anyone else doing something similar? Someone has... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Yeah there are a few threads on the forum as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xevious1974 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I have inserted some Mags, like Zzap! crash Nintendo power and so on. I am using CDisplay, it works great. I have also planned to insert some guides and some Computer Book, like Ocean collection and similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Nichols Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 So the comic books work perfectly but I cannot get the books working in Launchbox. It seems getting ebook readers to launch books from a command line isn't possible. AKA ebookreader.exe C:\books\peter_pan.epub does not work. I am beginning to think using Launchbox for books isn't even possible. Anyone have any ideas? I had thought I might be able to use Launchbox for all my entertainment needs and have everything on there. Thanks and god bless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 One problem seems to be that Launchbox doesn't generate thumbnails from PDF, CBR, etc files? So you have to add images manually, which is a lot of work when it's a large amount of comics/magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Nichols Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 thanks I've used Calibre in the past to convert text files to .epub format so I'll try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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