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steve said:
> Then they can go out and buy InDesign,
> click a mouse, and have it done for them.
you just wrote adobe's ad copy for them. :+)
and thus you've summarized their strategy.
> Or they can find themselves a publisher who will.
and therein lies the strategy of the publishing houses.
and ergo, the "choice" the epub foundation would give authors:
buy adobe software or find someone who'll do the work for you.
as for me, i'm sure glad light-markup gives authors another route.
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> I'll be releasing all of my novels in ePub. And do it manually.
> That's a slow weekend's work. Pfft.
i intend to give authors software that will help them create
beautiful and high-powered e-books without feeling like they
had to do any "work" at all, not even a slow weekend's worth.
but i have seen lots and lots of situations where technoids will
deliberately and intentionally choose the more complex choice.
so be it. to each his own. :+)
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and i will further say that i am a "live and let live" type of guy.
so despite the fact that i am leery of adobe and the publishers,
i hold no grudge against .epub, or anyone who prefers to use it.
i wish its best success, with lots of viewers and authoring-tools.
i'm just glad there is a simpler alternative, that's all.
i don't mind having a variety of formats around, as long as it is
easy to convert from one to another. that's the kind of situation
that existed early in word-processing; it didn't hinder its success.
-bowerbird
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