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Leonard, > >At 5:26 PM -0500 2/24/04, Pam Turner wrote: >> >You need to compress your Adobe files into a commercially packaged eBook >> >file. It must be much smaller for reading with the Adobe Reader software. > > Sounds like some sort of canned response from a "drone"... That's my take on it...someone who is poorly trained or overwhelmed or ...? > >*** Note:It appears that the eBook reader file format is different from a >>"PDF" file > > Adobe USED TO have a separate "eBook Reader" application which >required special preparation of the PDF (using a tool called Adobe Content >Server), but I don't think that is what they are referring to. > > I am pretty sure they are just confused... If they are, I've hit a wall. > > >>Their requirements - as stated in their January 15, 2004 e-mail response >>to my inquiry - state that they require the following: "Unencrypted eBook >>files in each format supplied (Microsoft .lit, Adobe .pdf, Palm .pdb, >>Mobipocket) for functionality and editorial quality, using current Reader >>software tools," > > Which you certainly match... > > >>Consumers or library patrons must be able to navigate through the file >>using the benefits of its electronic formatting. Consumers should be able >>to page through the contents, jump from one chapter to another and use the >>special features of the format software. > > Perhaps they want you to be sure to add these "special features" >(bookmarks, hyperlinks, etc.) before they will accept your file?!?!? All our PDFs have bookmarks, hyperlinks, ISBNs, copyrights, etc. etc. Ms. Turner at Content Reserve rejected our publications simply because they weren't in an eBook format and the files were too large! > >My follow-up email only hit the same dead end ..that they require that >>files be compatible with eBook Reader software. > > Can't wait to hear their response... Actually I'm not waiting for any news. Our PDFs were rejected. Period. Am wondering if anyone knows of someone else at OverDrive. Btw, they are part of Adobe's Digital Media Store at http://www.digitalmediastore.adobe.com/, Check it out..click on "Attention Publishers on the left side bar (near the bottom) you'll see that they state "All titles in the Adobe Digital Media Store are housed in Content Reserve (www.contentreserve.com) the largest online database of commercial digital content in the world." In other words, these people are Adobe's designated online distributor of Acrobat's PDFs. If I knew the right contact at Adobe, I'd pursue this on a higher level. Got any ideas? Best, Jay Colorcom http://www.colorcom.com Color Voodoo Publications http://www.colorvoodoo.com To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
