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Originally Posted by DVC
I agree I know nothing about ereaders -- as far as I can tell they are nothing more than readers with a page-turning rather than a scrolling function. Plus, the ability to bookmark.
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You start off honest then ..... you flash us your ignorance.
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Originally Posted by DVC
I'm beginning to think EPUB, LIT, etc. were designed when readers were dumb. But, with the iPhone and iPad that's no longer true.
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So you have educated me that with current technology -- I have no need of an "HTML" like experience.
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You might want to hold off on missing that "HTML" like experience language, I mean if your going to use the iPad that is.
Here is what
Apple says about ePub:
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Grow your library.
You’ll find lots of books on the iBookstore, and more arrive every day. The iBooks app uses the ePub format — the most popular open book format in the world. That makes it easy for publishers to create iBooks versions of your favorite reads. And you can add free ePub titles to iTunes and sync them to the iBooks app on your iPad.
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Originally Posted by DVC
Can you imagine reading books on technical subjects with tables, photos, and diagrams without color?
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I can imagine it without color but it is hard for me to see it on most of the current ereaders out there. This is the one area that I am looking forward to using the iPad for.
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Self-publishing authors will be able to offer their titles on Apple's iBookstore for the iPad at almost no cost, potentially breaking down the barriers for independent writers who want to sell their work across the globe.
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How is this different from Amazon or half a dozen other ebooks sites?
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Originally Posted by DVC
Author Dean Takahashi said users can submit their work to Smashwords through a simple process that involves uploading a >>> Microsoft Word file <<< setting the price and deciding where the book is to be published.
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I'm betting the first stop for that >>> Microsoft Word file <<< will be HTML on it's way to becoming a Epub file.
If all you wanted to know was how to change a MS Doc file to and ePub all you needed to do was ask,
try this.