Re: [epub] Ebooks formatting

["arrow publishing" <arrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray,
My preference is for the PDF format, simply because it
allows everyone to use it. I use the Adobe Acrobat program
which, if used in conjunction with Word 2000 is incredibly
simple to put together. Simply create the file, click on an
icon and have a cup of coffee while Adobe publishes your
book.
You do have all the options available to you with regard
security. You can either mail the document as an email
attachment, upload it to a web site, or put it on a disc.
It depends very much on how you're selling your material as
to the options you want to go to as far as security is
concerned. Similarly you can decide whether or not you want
to allow customers to print off the material. I personally
believe that the print option is advisable, simply because
many people feel more comfortable with it, but then, this
too will change as the internet becomes increasingly
accepted.
I have used some of the proprietory programs to put ebooks
together, and found that customers were coming back with
problems. (e.g. trying to open the book with Netscape as
the browser when it requires Explorer). This was the reason
I switched to PDF. I know there are some free PDF compilers
about, but I have not used them.

David Wheatley
Arrow Publishing
arrow@hypermax.net.au



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