Miserere wrote: >On 17 November 2010 11:14, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> I've got my latest Blurb book project converted into EPUB format for >> e-book readers. It's been an interesting experience. Anyway, the >> electronic book form is now available on my web site for five dollars >> U.S. (through Pay Pal). >> http://www.robertstech.com/ebooks.htm >> >> Interestingly, my gross profit on the print book (at $30.00) is less >> than $4.00. Gross profit on the e-book at $5.00 is... $5.00. >> >> BTW: This e-book format is compatible with a variety of desktop and >> smartphone reader software and all dedicated e-book readers *except* >> the Amazon Kindle. Seems Amazon is the only one (including even Apple) >> who refuses to support the open standard. But since the Kindle isn't >> yet available with a color screen, I decided this isn't a major target >> for a book of mostly color photography. ;-) > >What about those of us who would be reading it on our computers, what >program do we need to read it? And why isn't PDF the standard?
To read on screen you need one of these (all are free): Adobe Digital Editions (for desktop and laptop computers) Lexcycle Stanza (for desktop and laptop computers) EPUB Reader (plug-in for the Firefox web browser) PDF is the standard for print, but should *never* be used for on-screen reading because, as a print format, it's designed to do page layout, which doesn't work well when you can't control the size of the user's "page" (reading device). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
