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Forum: Writers' Corner 04-18-2016, 07:23 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,989
Posted By bookman156
@ kennyc Thanks for the recommendations....

@ kennyc

Thanks for the recommendations. It's interesting that prose poetry is as hard to define as flash fiction. I find a lot of prose poems are far too long for my taste and are better...
Forum: Writers' Corner 04-18-2016, 07:01 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 5,989
Posted By bookman156
I'm quite interested in what might be called...

I'm quite interested in what might be called flash fiction that wasn't called that when it was written. A good example is Lu Xun's wonderful book 'Wild Grass'. These pieces were called 'prose poems'...
Forum: Writers' Corner 04-13-2016, 09:30 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,231
Posted By bookman156
Sure, I assume so too. But the ambiguity over...

Sure, I assume so too. But the ambiguity over whether it's another human being she's killed because she just can't stop killing human beings remains, as silly as it might be. In this case, most...
Forum: Plugins 04-10-2016, 06:46 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 9,025
Posted By bookman156
Thanks for this. I didn't realise that kind of...

Thanks for this. I didn't realise that kind of thing was possible.
Forum: Plugins 04-10-2016, 04:39 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 9,025
Posted By bookman156
I'd like a plugin, or something built into Sigil...

I'd like a plugin, or something built into Sigil itself, that enabled you to choose whether you wanted to use <em> and <strong> for italic and bold or <i> and <b>. That would probably be best as a...
Forum: Sigil 04-08-2016, 12:27 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 11,566
Posted By bookman156
That's quite extensive. Fascinating. I'll have to...

That's quite extensive. Fascinating. I'll have to look further into this.
Forum: ePub 04-07-2016, 03:14 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
A lot of publishers, particularly academic...

A lot of publishers, particularly academic publishers, are now digitising their back catalogue for Kindle. Unfortunately they are doing this by scanning the original book and using OCR, often not...
Forum: Sigil 04-07-2016, 02:06 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 11,566
Posted By bookman156
I like that way of looking at it.

I like that way of looking at it.
Forum: ePub 04-07-2016, 01:50 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
I think you're right. It would certainly be...

I think you're right. It would certainly be better to re-imagine the spirit of the book in the digital medium than just pour the words it into a standard jelly mould, which is what they appear to...
Forum: Sigil 04-07-2016, 12:31 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 11,566
Posted By bookman156
I wouldn't mind if the 'Look inside this book'...

I wouldn't mind if the 'Look inside this book' feature did actually start on chapter 1, as by the time the foreword by someone else has been trawled through you've usually run out of sample or have...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 11:27 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
I was surprised to see that there is a Kindle...

I was surprised to see that there is a Kindle book of Alasdair Gray's wonderful '1982, Janine':

http://www.amazon.com/1982-Janine-Canongate-Classics-Alasdair-ebook/dp/B004UFH81K/

I took a look...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 04:25 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
In a way though that text is defined by a...

In a way though that text is defined by a different sort of flow, such that you could animate text flowing into such a pattern. But it wouldn't be an ebook. Or would it? Perhaps an animation could be...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 04:21 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
Your Marinetti work looks promising. Maybe you'd...

Your Marinetti work looks promising. Maybe you'd be just the person for 1982, Janine.
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 04:08 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
Not really, just what Amazon mimics as an ebook...

Not really, just what Amazon mimics as an ebook on the web.
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 04:06 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
I replaced the image with a clearer one. I...

I replaced the image with a clearer one.

I think my point is that such text doesn't need anything adding to it. That's if you could even replicate it in an ebook in the first place.
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 03:42 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
I had a look at this on Kindle preview. Some...

I had a look at this on Kindle preview. Some JavaScript that doesn't work in the preview but otherwise looks like text on a page. How would you handle the semantic markup of a page of 1982, Janine?...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 02:54 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
Yes, it does seem more an app that is being...

Yes, it does seem more an app that is being spoken about. If people are so dissatisfied with digital books they should make digital films or computer games. A book is a book. For all the fiddling...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 02:44 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
I'm not sure I'd want you tinkering around in my...

I'm not sure I'd want you tinkering around in my books. Let's see proof of concept first.
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 02:42 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
The concept of the index is really rather old...

The concept of the index is really rather old technology. To be honest, I have only seen a decrease in the quality of the index in the past ten years. An average letterpress book usually had a very...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 12:47 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
It's not me you need to persuade. I'd happily use...

It's not me you need to persuade. I'd happily use <i> if I didn't think it was already a fossil. Perhaps <i> and <b> will come back into fashion with those who decide for everyone else which tags...
Forum: ePub 04-06-2016, 12:16 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
There is nothing more semantic-rich than the text...

There is nothing more semantic-rich than the text itself. Words. Yes, words. Words placed into sentences and paragraphs. Already a complex thing is being done in writing a book. All these 'add-ons'...
Forum: ePub 04-05-2016, 04:22 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
Yes, this is a good point. I still remember what...

Yes, this is a good point. I still remember what research was like in the years before the internet. Traipsing to the British Library to read on microfilm what can now be hosted on the web in PDF....
Forum: Writers' Corner 04-05-2016, 02:51 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,231
Posted By bookman156
It's questionable whether the supposed motive...

It's questionable whether the supposed motive force led her to do something or led to a situation arising. The sense of the sentence that I suppose is there is that she didn't intend to kill the...
Forum: ePub 04-05-2016, 02:37 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 11,606
Posted By bookman156
Digital publishing in the future is bound to be...

Digital publishing in the future is bound to be some kind of virtual reality experience.

But for now the advantages/disadvantages of digital publishing, depending on your point of view, is that...
Forum: Writers' Corner 04-04-2016, 07:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,231
Posted By bookman156
Bit late to the party, but happened to read this...

Bit late to the party, but happened to read this thread.

The best way to punctuate the sentence is clearly: 'Her vulnerability, her inability to tolerate ridicule, had led her to kill another...
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