Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not FrameMaker. If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. Thanks. Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides www.trialguides.com tina at trialguides.com
Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
I may not be fully understanding the question, but because the deliverable format is HTML or HTML-based (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200140600), why would it matter what the authoring platform was, so long as it output clean HTML (or one of the other formats)? The whole idea behind HTML and format-independent structured formats is to remove the authoring platform as a factor from the end product. I'd expect an HTML book from Frame using either native filters, MIF3Go, or another third-party filter to work as well as any other product from any other source tool. I've never had a problem integrating Frame-sourced HTML into a web page... Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Tina Ricks wrote: > Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame > for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, > the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from > Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book > might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world > (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not > FrameMaker. > > > > If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. > Thanks. > > > > Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides > > www.trialguides.com > > tina at trialguides.com > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Art Campbell wrote: > I'd expect an HTML book from Frame using either native filters, > MIF3Go, Must be the latest upgrade! (I haven't purchased the program, though, so in my case, it's MIF4Go ;-) TGIF, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Ah, but a man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --with apologies to Robert Browning and the people next door
Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Hi Tina, earlier this week during STC in Atlanta, Tom Aldous from www.intech.com was showing me how he was able to convert a FrameMaker book into XHTML files using RoboHelp 8, and then through a script was able to package it for the Kindle, and it looked really good on the device. I'm not sure if Tom is on this list, but in case he isn't, I'm including him in this email, so that he may either provide more info to this list, or please feel free to contact him directly. Sincerely, RJ J?cquez Senior Product Evangelist Adobe Technical Communication Suite Adobe eLearning Solutions http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez Twitter: @rjacquez -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:07 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not FrameMaker. If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. Thanks. Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides www.trialguides.com tina at trialguides.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rjacquez at adobe.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rjacquez%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not FrameMaker. If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. Thanks. Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides www.trialguides.com t...@trialguides.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
I may not be fully understanding the question, but because the deliverable format is HTML or HTML-based (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200140600), why would it matter what the authoring platform was, so long as it output clean HTML (or one of the other formats)? The whole idea behind HTML and format-independent structured formats is to remove the authoring platform as a factor from the end product. I'd expect an HTML book from Frame using either native filters, MIF3Go, or another third-party filter to work as well as any other product from any other source tool. I've never had a problem integrating Frame-sourced HTML into a web page... Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Tina Ricks wrote: > Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame > for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, > the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from > Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book > might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world > (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not > FrameMaker. > > > > If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. > Thanks. > > > > Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides > > www.trialguides.com > > t...@trialguides.com > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Art Campbell wrote: > I'd expect an HTML book from Frame using either native filters, > MIF3Go, Must be the latest upgrade! (I haven't purchased the program, though, so in my case, it's MIF4Go ;-) TGIF, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "Ah, but a man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --with apologies to Robert Browning and the people next door ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle
Hi Tina, earlier this week during STC in Atlanta, Tom Aldous from www.intech.com was showing me how he was able to convert a FrameMaker book into XHTML files using RoboHelp 8, and then through a script was able to package it for the Kindle, and it looked really good on the device. I'm not sure if Tom is on this list, but in case he isn't, I'm including him in this email, so that he may either provide more info to this list, or please feel free to contact him directly. Sincerely, RJ Jácquez Senior Product Evangelist Adobe Technical Communication Suite Adobe eLearning Solutions http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez Twitter: @rjacquez -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ricks Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:07 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Publishing a Frame book on the Amazon Kindle Does anyone have experience with publishing a print book created in Frame for the Amazon Kindle? From what I've managed to figure out from the web, the output is HTML, and there are a lot of dos and don'ts available from Amazon. None of these, of course, refer to specific software that a book might be created in. It seems as if most of the traditional publishing world (big publishers like Random House, Harper, and so on) use InDesign, not FrameMaker. If anyone has tips or a useful site, please point me in that direction. Thanks. Tina Ricks | Editor | Trial Guides www.trialguides.com t...@trialguides.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rjacq...@adobe.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rjacquez%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
