Inner Sea World Guide PDF File Size

[BasharGelion]

Others may have mentioned this, but I couldn't find anything. Also, I'm not sure which forum this would best fit under, but here goes...

I've been having issues with opening the Inner Sea World Guide Lite PDF on any iDevice using iOS 7. Thought it was my old phone just being old, but my brand new 5S is having the same issues. It opens and manages all the other PDF's amazingly well, including Core Rulebook Lite and Bestiary Lite. It's not just iBooks either (of which the new version is notoriously bad). Neither my web browser nor any other reader can open it. It will attempt to load but a moment after the cover flashes, the app quits.

I checked the size of the file and the Lite version is only 50mb shy of the full sized Inner Sea World Guide (287mb). I've tried downloading it several times to make sure I got the right file loaded and not the full sized one, but maybe there is something else I'm missing.

Thanks!

[Enlight_Bystand]

Have you tried the one file per chapter version?

[Chris Lambertz]

The Lite PDF should still function and render better than it's regular counter part, regardless of size. It's possible that the new iBooks has some sort of size limitation that is causing it to crash. I would recommend trying to use the One File per Chapter download in this case. Re-evaluating that particular PDF is on my to do list, however.

[Soluzar]

Looking at all the hardcover releases it's clearly the largest in file size in PDF. This likely due to the graphics of the book. It's highly likely that it's the most heavily illustrated book Paizo has released.

[Vic Wertz]

It's got everything that makes a PDF big and complicated to render—lots of vector graphics, lots of huge images, and lots of layered objects.

[BasharGelion]

Haven't yet tried one file per chapter, would certainly be easy enough to do. Thanks all around for the responses.

I thought the Core Rulebook might challenge Inner Sea by page count, but it's definitely more lavishly illustrated and the most graphically dense book of the line. One of my favorites, just wishing it wasn't giving me chronic problems.

[Pathfinder Jenkins]

One file per chapter does work with iBook, but of course then you have the total pain of having tons of individual files in there. I'd love for a further stripped down version so I can reference the text on the fly, even if that means sacrificing some of the images. My iPad has proven to be a huge asset for playing Pathfinder, and I'd really like to have this particular book available is a better format.

[Eru the One]

Ay updates on revisiting the lite PDF? I've switched to the regular PDF and everything works, it is just slow rendering each page.

[Chris Lambertz]

This one is still on my to do list. It's gotten farther down that I'd like due to other projects, but it is still on my radar.