Hi all -

My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.

We are also selling print and audio CD's
May I have your thoughts?

Many thanks

i don't see anything wrong with it. i know people who download and read
books on their computers. and it's not like they can't print it out if
they want to, instead of reading it on the computer.

i don't really think there's any reason not to do it. if people are
willing to download it, why not let them?

Ken Binney wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>
> We are also selling print and audio CD's
> May I have your thoughts?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>

"Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all -
>
> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>
> We are also selling print and audio CD's
> May I have your thoughts?
>
> Many thanks

the Kindle supposedly can read PDFs, but why not use the .MOBI format so
various ebook platforms could read it?

I agree with Courtney - I can't think of any reason why not to do it. It
sounds fine to me. Why not at least try?

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"courtney (n h c)" <webmaster@newhomeconnection.com> wrote in message
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>i don't see anything wrong with it. i know people who download and read
>books on their computers. and it's not like they can't print it out if they
>want to, instead of reading it on the computer.
>
> i don't really think there's any reason not to do it. if people are
> willing to download it, why not let them?
>
> Ken Binney wrote:
>> Hi all -
>>
>> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>>
>> We are also selling print and audio CD's
>> May I have your thoughts?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>>

"Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
> news:g6laa2$nsv$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Hi all -
>>
>> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>>
>> We are also selling print and audio CD's
>> May I have your thoughts?
>>
>> Many thanks
>
> the Kindle supposedly can read PDFs, but why not use the .MOBI format so
> various ebook platforms could read it?

Then how could all of the people without ebook readers read it?


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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:57 -0400, "Ken Binney"
<kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote:

>Hi all -
>
>My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>
>We are also selling print and audio CD's
>May I have your thoughts?
>
>Many thanks
>

I buy PDF versions of print books all the time. I have a Sony Reader
- and am in the process of converting as much of my print library to
electronic versions as I possibly can.

Saves space - which is important as we are building a much smaller
house and will probably move in before Christmas

Saves money - PDF versions, even of recent best sellers, tend to be
less expensive than the paperback version (to say nothing of the
hardcover version!)

Saves trees - self evident

Longest books I've bought so far are the Diana Gabaldon Outlander
series, which run 1200-2000 pages in PDF form, even without enlarging
the text!

Win
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"P@tty Ayers ~ACE" <signup1REMOVE@ayersvirtualREMOVE.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
> news:g6lcit$q98$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>
>> "Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
>> news:g6laa2$nsv$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>> Hi all -
>>>
>>> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>>> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>>>
>>> We are also selling print and audio CD's
>>> May I have your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>
>> the Kindle supposedly can read PDFs, but why not use the .MOBI format so
>> various ebook platforms could read it?
>
> Then how could all of the people without ebook readers read it?

since they were already selling a Print version and an Audio CD, I figured
that would be how the others would "read" it :)

i think she means people who have an Acrobat reader, but not an ebook
reader. i imagine that people with the Acrobat reader far outnumber
those who have ebook readers.

Hunter Elliott wrote:
> "P@tty Ayers ~ACE" <signup1REMOVE@ayersvirtualREMOVE.com> wrote in message
> news:g6ld7u$r0h$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>> "Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
>> news:g6lcit$q98$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>
>>> "Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g6laa2$nsv$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>
>>>> Hi all -
>>>>
>>>> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>>>> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>>>>
>>>> We are also selling print and audio CD's
>>>> May I have your thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>> the Kindle supposedly can read PDFs, but why not use the .MOBI format so
>>> various ebook platforms could read it?
>>>
>> Then how could all of the people without ebook readers read it?
>>
>
> since they were already selling a Print version and an Audio CD, I figured
> that would be how the others would "read" it :)
>
>
>

though, if not too much trouble, it would probably be nice to do it in
both versions. but i haven't done anything like that, so i don't know
how complicated it is!

courtney (n h c) wrote:
> i think she means people who have an Acrobat reader, but not an ebook
> reader. i imagine that people with the Acrobat reader far outnumber
> those who have ebook readers.
>
> Hunter Elliott wrote:
>> "P@tty Ayers ~ACE" <signup1REMOVE@ayersvirtualREMOVE.com> wrote in message
>> news:g6ld7u$r0h$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>
>>> "Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g6lcit$q98$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>
>>>> "Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:g6laa2$nsv$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all -
>>>>>
>>>>> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
>>>>> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are also selling print and audio CD's
>>>>> May I have your thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>
>>>> the Kindle supposedly can read PDFs, but why not use the .MOBI format so
>>>> various ebook platforms could read it?
>>>>
>>> Then how could all of the people without ebook readers read it?
>>>
>>
>> since they were already selling a Print version and an Audio CD, I figured
>> that would be how the others would "read" it :)
>>
>>
>>

Seems I'm waaaaay off...
Thanks so much for taking the time to respond

Ken



"Ken Binney" <kenbinney@ossiningdesignguild.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all -
>
> My client is proposing a downloadable (at a price) pdf of her book.
> Seems to me 270 page document would be nasty to read.
>
> We are also selling print and audio CD's
> May I have your thoughts?
>
> Many thanks
>