Tuesday, February 24, 2015

New Short Link: Teacher Book Links

A new short link has been created for links related to resources for the Teacher book:

(In case it’s not clear, the above link ends with lowercase “LR”, since lr is the organization’s code for the Learn From the Great Teacher book.)


The following short link pages have been updated accordingly:


Sunday, February 22, 2015

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line, Scriptures, EPUB & Web Material for All of Ch. 20 Added

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line-with-scriptures EPUB & web material for all of chapter 20 has been added to:

Some of the material has a grey background. This means that it has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable.


The EPUB & web material is converted from the corresponding material in the PDF files at 3lines.org, and the Pīnyīn, English, formatting, etc. are enhanced as time allows.


Starting with the Chapter 20 material, in the fully edited sections the Pīnyīn line is treated not just as a pronunciation aid, but as being of a full writing system, with the capitalization, punctuation, numbers, etc. rendered accordingly. Thus, you can just read the Pīnyīn line without your eyes having to bounce back and forth between it and the Chinese characters line.


Note that:

  • The full 3-line text of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—the EPUB & web material is quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • The above resources contain paragraph links, footnote links, etc. to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • Like PDF files, EPUB files can be downloaded for offline viewing.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, EPUB files can be annotated, meaning that notes, highlighting, etc. can be added.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, the text size of the EPUB material can be adjusted to be quite large.
  • iBooks has an optional Night theme.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line, Scriptures, EPUB & Web Material for Ch. 20, Par. 8–15 Added

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line-with-scriptures EPUB & web material for ch. 20, par. 8–15 has been added to:

Some of the material has a grey background. This means that it has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable.


The EPUB & web material is converted from the corresponding material in the PDF files at 3lines.org, and the Pīnyīn, English, formatting, etc. are enhanced as time allows.


Starting with the Chapter 20 material, in the fully edited sections the Pīnyīn line is treated not just as a pronunciation aid, but as being of a full writing system, with the capitalization, punctuation, numbers, etc. rendered accordingly. Thus, you can just read the Pīnyīn line without your eyes having to bounce back and forth between it and the Chinese characters line.


Note that:

  • The full 3-line text of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—the EPUB & web material is quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • The above resources contain paragraph links, footnote links, etc. to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • Like PDF files, EPUB files can be downloaded for offline viewing.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, EPUB files can be annotated, meaning that notes, highlighting, etc. can be added.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, the text size of the EPUB material can be adjusted to be quite large.
  • iBooks has an optional Night theme.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Imitate Bk. Pīnyīn Web Material for the Letter from the GB Added

Pīnyīn web material for the Letter from the Governing Body in the Imitate book has been added to:

Here is a list of reasons I decided to proceed with working on Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn-English material for the Imitate book:

Note that:

  • The material in the above resources has been carefully rendered and proofread.
  • Since the Imitate book may get revised, the material in the above resources has been checked against the Chinese Imitate book material on the WOL. If you notice that some changes need to be made to the material in the above resources to bring it in line with revisions to the Imitate book, please email me to let me know.
  • The linked full text in Pīnyīn of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—they are quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • In the above resources, links are used extensively to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • The above resources contain picture links.
  • The Offline Viewing sections of the above resources explain how to view them offline. Of course, in addition to being downloadable and viewable offline, the web pages of the above web resources can also be printed out from your web browser.
  • Turning mobile devices to landscape orientation causes the text in the above resources to become large-print text.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.

Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.


The full Pīnyīn text of all the cited scriptures in the new material has been added to:

Saturday, February 07, 2015

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line, Scriptures, EPUB & Web Material for Ch. 20, Par. 1–7 Added

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line-with-scriptures EPUB & web material for ch. 20, par. 1–7 has been added to:

Some of the material has a grey background. This means that it has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable.


The EPUB & web material is converted from the corresponding material in the PDF files at 3lines.org, and the Pīnyīn, English, formatting, etc. are enhanced as time allows.


Starting with the Chapter 20 material, in the fully edited sections the Pīnyīn line is treated not just as a pronunciation aid, but as being of a full writing system, with the capitalization, punctuation, numbers, etc. rendered accordingly. Thus, you can just read the Pīnyīn line without your eyes having to bounce back and forth between it and the Chinese characters line.


Note that:

  • The full 3-line text of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—the EPUB & web material is quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • The above resources contain paragraph links, footnote links, etc. to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • Like PDF files, EPUB files can be downloaded for offline viewing.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, EPUB files can be annotated, meaning that notes, highlighting, etc. can be added.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, the text size of the EPUB material can be adjusted to be quite large.
  • iBooks has an optional Night theme.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.

Sunday, February 01, 2015

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line, Scriptures, EPUB & Web Material for All of Ch. 19 Added

Close to Jehovah Bk. 3-line-with-scriptures EPUB & web material for all of ch. 19 has been added to:

Some of the material has a grey background. This means that it has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable.


The EPUB & web material is converted from the corresponding material in the PDF files at 3lines.org, and the Pīnyīn, English, formatting, etc. are enhanced as time allows.


Note that:

  • The full 3-line text of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—the EPUB & web material is quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • The above resources contain paragraph links, footnote links, etc. to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • Like PDF files, EPUB files can be downloaded for offline viewing.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, EPUB files can be annotated, meaning that notes, highlighting, etc. can be added.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, the text size of the EPUB material can be adjusted to be quite large.
  • iBooks has an optional Night theme.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.