Comments on: Tools of Change Round-up Day 1 http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:24:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-487311 Matt Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:34:30 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-487311 As someone who was running a web dev company in the late '90s and is now doing the same for an eBook conversion company I think the comparison is pretty spot on, and a little scary :| Be interesting to see how it pans out... As someone who was running a web dev company in the late ’90s and is now doing the same for an eBook conversion company I think the comparison is pretty spot on, and a little scary :|
Be interesting to see how it pans out…

]]> By: Monica McCready http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481893 Monica McCready Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:59 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481893 I was just reading an ebook with tables on my Kindle and it was awful. Couldn't make any sense of them because the rag was gone. Even bulleted lists look horrible. Have to go follow Anne-Marie on twitter now . . . I was just reading an ebook with tables on my Kindle and it was awful. Couldn’t make any sense of them because the rag was gone. Even bulleted lists look horrible. Have to go follow Anne-Marie on twitter now . . .

]]> By: Shirley Anne http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481684 Shirley Anne Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:01:35 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481684 I heard this presentation and thought Phil Frank did a bang-up job of explaining the tough decisions small publishers have to make when turning paper books into e-books of all sorts. I heard this presentation and thought Phil Frank did a bang-up job of explaining the tough decisions small publishers have to make when turning paper books into e-books of all sorts.

]]> By: Anne-Marie Concepcion http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481670 Anne-Marie Concepcion Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:01:56 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481670 Well of course I have a good klout score, I'm from Chicago, where we invented the word ... Well of course I have a good klout score, I’m from Chicago, where we invented the word …

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481665 David Blatner Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:17:07 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481665 Thanks for the day 1 update, Mike! The state of the ebook market is very frustrating. When people gush about the Kindle, I just think about how the Kindle 1 can't handle tables and Amazon suggests turning them into images. That's, um, insane. Kindle 2/DX can handle tables, but Amazon already made the mistake up front, so publishers are stuck. It's interesting that people haven't pushed reflowable PDF more as an ebook option. But it's up to the hardware creators to support it, and so far they seem to be focusing on the lowest common denominator. Thanks for the day 1 update, Mike!
The state of the ebook market is very frustrating. When people gush about the Kindle, I just think about how the Kindle 1 can’t handle tables and Amazon suggests turning them into images. That’s, um, insane. Kindle 2/DX can handle tables, but Amazon already made the mistake up front, so publishers are stuck.

It’s interesting that people haven’t pushed reflowable PDF more as an ebook option. But it’s up to the hardware creators to support it, and so far they seem to be focusing on the lowest common denominator.

]]> By: James Fritz http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481664 James Fritz Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:34 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481664 Concetor? I always thought of myself as a lego (brightly colored and painful if you step on me barefoot) Concetor? I always thought of myself as a lego (brightly colored and painful if you step on me barefoot)

]]> By: R Thomas Berner http://indesignsecrets.com/tools-of-change-round-up-day-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-481661 R Thomas Berner Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:54:01 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=5070#comment-481661 I like your reference to the browser wars of the 90s. It's because of the many formatting controls each ebook reader has that has kept me from buying a new one or even using my old one. I want to be able to buy any ebook regardless of reader. If the railroad companies could work it out, the ebook people can. I like your reference to the browser wars of the 90s. It’s because of the many formatting controls each ebook reader has that has kept me from buying a new one or even using my old one. I want to be able to buy any ebook regardless of reader. If the railroad companies could work it out, the ebook people can.

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