Re: [Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook
> Den 30. mar. 2020 kl. 23.52 skrev Laura R : > > My experience, as I said, has been the opposite. [...] > It’s like browsing the book page by page and the text, pictures and diagrams > are in the same position as in the paper book. > [...] > Perhaps the starting point made a difference? > >> In particular eBooks do not handle pictures well at all. For example Kindle >> Create, Amazon's app for editing an eBook to get it 'right' is particularly >> poor at handling images at all - it even gives you an apology! To me it sounds like the difference between trying to get a reflowable book and to keep the page layout. The first is what many people think are "e-books", your typical fiction literature readable and reflowable on anything from a large tablet to a small smartphone. But for comics and other books with lots of illustrations, like indeed origami books, it is usually better to keep the page oriented layout. I read convention books and Origami Design Secrets and ... solely on a tablet. These books are pdf based and are published in a page layout. No attempts to make them reflowable, and it woorks very well, at least for me. And Laura indeed writes that the layout is preserved whereas Damian wrote "The issue is in the 'reflowing' quality of an eBook, where nothing is set in stone. " Keep the page layout, and both you, your readers, and the book will be perfectly fine.
Re: [Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook
My experience, as I said, has been the opposite. The conversion from PDF to ebook with the Kindle platform was smooth and the result is perfect. It works on tablets, phones, laptops. It’s like browsing the book page by page and the text, pictures and diagrams are in the same position as in the paper book. I don’t know the reason of the different end result, why some people had a poor experience. The original book, the original pdf, was created by a professional designer, it was not created by myself (but I managed the Kindle part with no difficulty at all). Perhaps the starting point made a difference? Laura > > In particular eBooks do not handle pictures well at all. For example Kindle > Create, Amazon's app for editing an eBook to get it 'right' is particularly > poor at handling images at all - it even gives you an apology! >
Re: [Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook
I've done this twice, for two books written by my father. In particular eBooks do not handle pictures well at all. For example Kindle Create, Amazon's app for editing an eBook to get it 'right' is particularly poor at handling images at all - it even gives you an apology! The issue is in the 'reflowing' quality of an eBook, where nothing is set in stone. Depending on the font, size, device of the reader things are displayed completely differently. Any heavily pictographic book will suffer in a similar way. Anyway, my recommendation would be to self-publish using lulu.com (as a pdf). Then, create an author account with Amazon/Kindle, and upload your document as a Word document into Kindle Create, so you can at least have a go at editing your book to 'make it work' in this format. Kind regards, Damian From: Origami on behalf of Ilan Garibi Sent: 30 March 2020 21:05 To: The Origami Mailing List Subject: [Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook Hi guys, Does anybody here have some experience in transforming an origami book to an ebook? I tried to upload a PDF, and the result is a big mass. Any suggestions from someone who has been there? Thanks! Ilan -- אילן גריבי Ilan Garibi Origami artist and designer 0503275345
Re: [Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook
I converted my book into ebook via KDP (Amazon’s ebooks branch). The result is perfect and it is a color book with lots of text, images and photographs. The only drawback is that the file stays on KDP so it’s not yours (you cannot attach it in an email and send it to your friends, for instance). You have to use KDP’s site to promote it and sell it. Laura > On Mar 30, 2020, at 7:05 AM, Ilan Garibi wrote: > > Hi guys, > Does anybody here have some experience in transforming an origami book to > an ebook? I tried to upload a PDF, and the result is a big mass. > Any suggestions from someone who has been there? > Thanks! > Ilan > > -- > אילן גריבי Ilan Garibi > Origami artist and designer > 0503275345
[Origami] Transforming an origami book to ebook
Hi guys, Does anybody here have some experience in transforming an origami book to an ebook? I tried to upload a PDF, and the result is a big mass. Any suggestions from someone who has been there? Thanks! Ilan -- אילן גריבי Ilan Garibi Origami artist and designer 0503275345
