04-13-2011, 12:37 PM | #16 |
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I had a long response but itimpi hit pretty much everything I was going to say so I've deleted it.
It can be a bit soul destroying to see a book you would like to read and find that someone has put it in PDF if you don't have the right reader for it. However I think it is a valid argument that for a market like children's books that you are going to be aiming at some kind of large screen device like a tablet, particularly as they get more prevalent over the coming years. A friend of mine just bought two iPad 2's for his kids (6 and 9) and I will probably buy some sort of tablet for my nephews in the next year or two as well. Last edited by kiwidude; 04-13-2011 at 12:45 PM. Reason: Fix poster name |
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Thanks itimpi and kiwidude.
I think that since I aim primarily for iPad or similar devices, and not so much for mobile phones and such things, then the PDF should be fine if I test it on an iPad to make sure it's legible. The problem is I don't know if I can then sell it, iTunes Connect requires an epub file in order to sell on iBookstore. |
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04-13-2011, 02:10 PM | #19 |
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thanks Starson17, I will definitely try to do this.
I'm generally trying to do it myself, rather than go to lulu or any of the other 'apple aggregators'. |
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The advantage of going down the ePub route is that it will probably convert quite well to Mobi as well if that becomes a requirement. |
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04-13-2011, 10:58 PM | #21 |
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thanks itimpi, yes that is my intention, it's the same as a graphic novel or a comic.
So I guess what I'll try is to bring in the zipped numbered image pages and turned them into epub and mobi inside calibre, instead of making them epubs in InDesign. |
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