Several people have been talking recently about video tutorials, and
we have an ongoing discussion here about "books" (whether ODT, PDF, or
printed) vs wiki vs... whatever for delivery of docs.
My personal interest is in books in various forms: printed, PDF, and
e-books. Because I publish more than just books on OOo, and because I
read e-books, I've been looking at the various formats for e-books,
the tools required to produce them, and the devices that read them.
I am really keen about the new kid on the block, arriving in a few
months: the iPad. Here's an article that I found interesting; possibly
you will too. iPad: What Does It Really Mean for Content Publishers?
http://www.aptaracorp.com/index.php?/ipad.html
The iPad is exciting for several reasons, including the fact that its
ebooks will use the free and open standard ePub format. Even better,
there are free and open source tools available to produce ePub books
on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Calibre looks the best to me so far, since
it takes ODT as an input format, but I haven't tried it out yet.
http://calibre-ebook.com/
As the publisher of the printed copies of our user guides, I am
seriously considering adding ePub editions to the collection. They
can, of course, be read on a variety of devices, not just the
forthcoming iPad.
--Jean
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