Re: eBooks

Hi Don,

I think there are advantages to both a book and an eBook. I'm one of those
people who likes to have a book in my hand to read while I have breakfast.
On the other hand, a PDF style book has the search feature that lets you search
for any word or phrase in the book and find it quickly—this is extremely
helpful.

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In a message dated 9/20/05 10:01:51 AM, dstevenbryant@mindspring.com writes:

> Chris, Judy, etc,
>
> I have to say that reading a traditional printed book has its own unique
> satisfaction, but I would also like to have PDF copies of some of the
> material I read. Post Factory and Chris's Experimental Photography Workbook
> being two of them. Having a PDF file for reference on computer has great
> appeal for many but from the perspective of reducing the publishing cost it
> would be a great incentive to create PDFs. Seems to me there would be a
> greater chance of people accessing the book over the internet, or at least
> being able to read excerpts to entice readers to purchase a copy on disk.
>
> Mark Nelson's PDN e-Book comes to mind as an example of this form of
> publishing. I love being able to open the PDF and read through it when I
> need to.
>
> I'm also a subscriber to Lens Work Extended, a CD based magazine that is
> distributed in PDF format. As a result I get to view and read much more
> material than would ever be possible in the printed version.
>
> So I think the trend in publishing e-Books as a PDF has been well
> established. People are willing to pay for them because they can be sold and
> distributed at a reasonable price. And the potential for reaching many more
> readers should be an incentive to publish electronically.
>
> Also I've mentioned this idea to few people in private e-mail but I think
> the creation and sale of Quick Time movies on the internet would be a great
> way to demonstrate alternative processes. Dan Burkholder's mini-tutorials
> are a perfect example of this concept.
>
> Finally, perhaps Sandy will consider converting his carbon manual to PDF
> someday!
>
> Don Bryant
>
Received on Tue Sep 20 16:33:45 2005