RLauzon,
Not really true for any 'closed' format. Given a decent script and full knowledge of the formatting command set for those formats, the process can be quite automated. Further, for any of the ebook formats that are commercially viable today, it only takes *ONE* successful creation to generate ebook sales from numerous copies. That's far different than DT because each and every copy has to be 'correct' and 'complete' as it hits the store shelves.
Even with the complexity of formatting for each of the commercial ebooks, ebooks are far more cost-friendly than dead tree.
Derek
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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Well, like I said, I wasn't sure about them.
But your statement not necessarily true. Some formats are closed, requiring special programs to create the eBook content. These formats cannot be rendered on the fly simply because there is no way to do it.
So they may be a hybrid site - the open formats are created on the fly while the closed formats are done by hand - and only for a select set of eBooks.
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