Comments on: CNN Gives the Rundown on E-book Devices and the Ebook Challenge

By: roslynholcomb

roslynholcomb — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:41:55 +0000

I’m intrigued by the notion of adding hyperlinks.

By: Catherine Delors

Catherine Delors — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:51:39 +0000

A bit behind, isn’t it?
I don’t know about you, but I have a feeling that the industry is in for huge changes in the next few years, and I am not talking about Kindle. Whether that will empower writers and readers is another question.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:45:17 +0000

The funny thing is, Ms. Delors, is that some publishers don’t even include the color copy of the book in the efile. Random House is one of those companies. I always go and download the book cover from the publisher’s website or amazon and add it to my book file, but it’s particularly frustrating. I don’t really understand it. Is it that much more costly to include a jpg of the camera ready print cover?

By: Catherine Delors

Catherine Delors — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:39:38 +0000

I am in the process of putting together a (free) ebook, and find the real advantage of the eformat, and one that is not exploited enough by the industry, is the ability to include pictures that would be unaffordable in print, and to hyperlink.
Otherwise, I just love the smell and feel of the good ole ink-and-paper books.