Five bucks
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. ;-) -- 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.
Re: Five bucks
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? —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
Re: Five bucks
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.
