[LINK] iPad and eBooks

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Dr Bob Jansen wrote:
> I read ebooks on my iPad all the time. Currently reading James Gleick's 
> The Information and really like the way I can make notes as I read to 
> remember things of interest. However, for this particular book, I am 
> missing the physical object in my bookshelf - may have to buy a copy 
<snip>
Producing the paperback, from the EPUB (HTML) source, has been an
interesting experience.

The eBook included hyperlinks to references and additional information on 
the Web. Though I hear not all e-book readers provide a good browser. As I 
understand it, the difference between an e-book and webpage is that an 
e-book is read offline - hence the need to package all the relevant 
webpages and images.

In the end, I have included more pictures and text in the paperback, than I 
did in the eBook. I have now also provided links to images and maps of the
period, on the book page, such as the NLA's 1890 and 1900 Plan of
Annandale. <http://ramin.com.au/walks/1890s-short-walk.shtml>

Last Friday, I gave a lightning talk at SLUG about using Open Office Master
Document to create a PDF from HTML source, that can be reused for the
eBook. Anyone else attempting this, may be interested in my slide/webpage
cheat sheet on HTML<>Open Office at:
<http://ramin.com.au/linux/formatting-e-books-and-paperbacks-part2.shtml>

The previous month I gave a talk on formatting an E-Book in the EPUB format
- the Slide/cheatsheet for that is at
<http://ramin.com.au/linux/formatting-e-books-and-paperbacks.shtml>

Marghanita
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