Jerry added ... ... This sounds rather profound. I don't quite see the parallel... ... This choice of phrase has impact, making paper books sound rather...
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Keran
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Mar 1, 2000 9:16 am
Many of my articles seem a bit long for posting to mailing lists, particularly to multiple mailing lists where they might be on topic. In lieu of doing that, ...
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Jerry Muelver
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Mar 1, 2000 11:00 am
Jeff Kirvin wrote.... ... I just had PDF blow up in my face. Document is in Word, in six languages, separate file for each language. Converted to PDF ("a...
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Jerry Muelver
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Mar 1, 2000 12:12 pm
Lee Murray wrote... ... something ... You ... The immediacy of the communication in e-media, the active involvement in assimilating and processing it, is much...
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Stephen Perkins
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Mar 1, 2000 2:09 pm
... From: Jerry Muelver <jerry@...> ... words ... one-man ... The ... Sorry to hear of your troubles. How did you convert to PDF? This sounds like a...
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Joseph Teller
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Mar 1, 2000 2:17 pm
... Jon If I was to hand you a document in Word Perfect 2000 and tell you to put it into a OEB/XML compliant format that retains all the existing layout, fonts...
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Joseph Teller
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Mar 1, 2000 2:17 pm
... Show me the option. Show me the Simple low cost or free tools that are MORE CONVIENT or Equally easy as working PDF. Stop Talking About Vaporware. I can do...
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Joseph Teller
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Mar 1, 2000 2:17 pm
... Thanks Paul, you did indeed understand my point on this issue. We've been thru this Anti-PDF/ Pro-Whatever (OEB, HTML, XML, etc.) debate over and over...
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Joseph Teller
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Mar 1, 2000 2:17 pm
... Unless you are your own publisher, which many of us folks here are. ... Yeah, its called old Wordstar Markup language, I was using it on a CPM computer...
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Jonathan Lyons
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Mar 1, 2000 3:23 pm
... Jerry - I promise I'm no PDF evangelist, and you have my sympathies, BUT ... I've never heard of Acrobat behaving this way! The biggest complaint I've ever...
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Jeff Kirvin
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Mar 1, 2000 3:42 pm
... As long as you realize that WYSISCTWYG HTML editors offer only an approximation, at best. As a professional web designer, I've seen far too many people...
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Jeff Kirvin
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Mar 1, 2000 3:47 pm
... The quote above is from Jim Drew, not me. I agree with you 100% about the annoyances of PDF. ... [Horror story snipped for brevity.] ... Amen. Welcome to...
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Jon Noring
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Mar 1, 2000 3:55 pm
... Sure, I can convert it to Word, then use SoftBook's free Word to OEB converter. It will be messy OEB, essentially being HTML, but it will be viewable on...
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Jeff Kirvin
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Mar 1, 2000 4:00 pm
... [sigh] Yes, Joe, we know. PDF RULEZ. Whatever. Let's leave it at this. PDF is just ducky for you, and potentially, your readers. That's fine. But is sucks ...
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Jeff Kirvin
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Mar 1, 2000 4:27 pm
... You don't need to be cutting edge. As shown in Jon's example and tons of XML tutorials freely available on the web, XML's structural taggin is much easier...
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Jerry Muelver
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Mar 1, 2000 5:25 pm
Stephen Perkins wrote... ... (which ... these ... likely ... I don't use PDFWriter or Distiller Assistant. I use stuff from Acrobat 4: Adobe's 4.02 PS driver,...
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Jerry Muelver
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Mar 1, 2000 5:31 pm
Jonathan Lyons wrote.... ... Me, neither. I've used PDF files for several years, most recently as the lingua Franca for getting files to printers for on-demand...
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Serendipity Books
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Mar 1, 2000 5:57 pm
Serialized online novels are not new. We were doing that at The Digital Publishing Association's spot on the GEnie BBS in 1995, and I've had similar postings...
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David Major
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Mar 1, 2000 6:23 pm
... <disclaimer> I'm no great fan of PDF for ebook purposes </disclaimer> ...but I've been using PDF every day for years, and I've never heard of this one...
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GLB Publishers
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Mar 1, 2000 6:29 pm
... From: eBook-List-Digest <owner-ebook-list-digest@...> ... for ... they ... A word of caution to publishers. This may happen to any review...
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Jerry Muelver
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Mar 1, 2000 7:08 pm
David Major wrote... ... Acrobat, you might want to find out exactly where the fault lies. ... I decided to write off Word for corporate use when I began...
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Serendipity Books
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Mar 1, 2000 7:50 pm
THE DIME NOVEL IS BACK!!! One of the complaints about ebooks here and at other discussion groups is the high cost of ebooks. Some publishers are pricing their...
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Ben Trafford
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Mar 1, 2000 9:01 pm
... This sort of problem is exactly what I'm talking about. Stephen Perkins ... So much for transparency and ease of use. ... Joe, this is the last message of...
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Ben Trafford
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Mar 1, 2000 9:13 pm
... I've seen it on and off for years. I don't know how or why it happens, but I've had this problem with internationalized documents and PDF for quite some...
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Cristina Lawrence
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Mar 1, 2000 9:20 pm
Thought someone may be interested in this upcoming eBookNet.com event: "We would like to personally invite you to our next online event, "eAuthors: Creating...
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Dorothea Salo
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Mar 1, 2000 10:09 pm
... written. ... I did it in about a screenful of text for the FAQ. I don't *think* I missed much (okay, I did refer people to the OEB stuff for which tags are...
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Jonathan Lyons
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Mar 1, 2000 10:50 pm
... Hi Ben - Jeez, apologies for all the typos in that last entry! Readbook and Mobibook are PDA ebook-reading software, as is Librius Reader -- Librius,...
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Paul Mason
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Mar 2, 2000 2:40 am
Jeff Kirvin <jkirvin@...> wrote: " As long as you realize that WYSISCTWYG HTML editors " offer only an approximation, at best. As a " professional web...
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Mar 2, 2000 2:59 am
... Yes, that's what I want, and also "XML tutor for Duh..." Lee ... -- Flute Tree the novel Fantasia in Green for Silver & Blonde ...
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GLB Publishers
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Mar 2, 2000 3:30 am
... From: eBook-List-Digest <owner-ebook-list-digest@...> . ... format ... to ... What ... processor, ... have ... it ... do? ... it ... I'm sure to...
