On Mon 17 Jul 2006 "Larry G." <no_ones@home.com> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:05:51 -0500, Olympians vs Titans wrote:
On 15 Jul 2006, wrote:
I am looking to e-publish I was wondering if somebody could send me
some links about how to get started in e-publishing?
Interesting question. The surest way is to format your books, articles,
blogs, etc. in HTML--and better yet, PDF,--post them to free website(s)
and submit them to popular search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, etc).
Send them to friends and associates via email. Copy them to CDs and DVDs.
Circulate your books at fairs, gatherings, meetings, or wherever you can.
HTML is an open (non-proprietary) mark up language. To use it, one only
needs a computer, a web browser, and some sort of ASCII (plain text)
editor.
It can render great looking, (and really bad looking) web viewable documents,
but their display depends on the browser used to view.
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Most common word processors already include html options. There are
dozens of good freeware html, xml etc. authoring & website management
software programs and utilities available for download on-line.
PDF is proprietary to Adobe. Think $$.
A more precise layout, but readers need to have viewing software on hand.
Actually, the official Adobe reader is freeware, and there are
at least several other, freeware, third-party pdf-readers on-
line, which they say are faster, and take less memory, which
is good for those who have older, slower computers. Thirdly,
there are numerous freeware document-to-pdf format conversion
utilities available for download, such as "CutePDF", "WinPDF",
"PDFMoto", "PDF4U", "PDF995" etc. To wit, I used some of these
to self-publish my seven original books, which I created in
Microsoft Word, into the basic book format that can be easily
printed, cut and bound from legal-sized (8.5 x 14) paper. E.g.:
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Historical_Calendar_Of_Jesus.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Compleat_Tarot_Manual.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Compleat_Tarot_Pak.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Light_and_Sound.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Planetary_Awareness_Technique.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Interlinear_Apocalypse.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Interlinear_Nostradamus.pdf
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/Mins_Judicial_Horoscopes.pdf
.DOC is proprietary to Microsoft (Word)
Needs M/S Word to write, and Word or a viewer to read.
Actually, any program that runs in Windows can use freeware pdf
printer drivers to convert files to the popular Adobe "portable
document format". Many PC users already have MS Word, or maybe
Word Perfect, etc., especially more serious writers. But for
those on a really low budget, they can choose from a number of
good freeware word processors, albeit these are typically not
as versatile/powerful as the more popular commercial products.
Oh yes, Windows' default "WordPad" program can open and save
common MS "DOC" files, but only with limited formatting.
Perfectionists can always shell out the dough for professional
publishing software, such as PageMaker, Quark XPress, TeX, etc.,
but for general self-publishing purposes, cheap word processors
work just fine. It helps to have a good Postscript font library,
etc, but even the common TrueType fonts look good enough in the
PDF format, and for basic printing on an inkjet or laser printer.
Experience with typesetting and graphic design always helps, too.
Some believe that Form follows function, while others believe the
general opposite, or that both are equally important. If you've
spent much time browsing through the books at any major bookstore,
then you know that, more often than not, too many books look good
but are poorly researched, poorly written, poorly edited, and are
hardly worth the paper they are printed on. By contrast, most of
the greatest books in all human history were penned by hand, in a
"plain text" "all caps" format on fragile papyrus scrolls, sturdy
vellum parchment, etc. More recent great books were hand-written
on paper, and more recently typed on an old-fashioned typewriter.
The truly great book is one that will still be popular a thousand
years from now. The rest are, by comparison, candles in the wind.
It'll be interesting to see what more contemporary books, written
on a late 20th-century/early 21st-century computer keyboard, are
adjudged to be "great" by the 23rd century anno Domini and beyond.
Enjoy!
Daniel Joseph Min
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On 18 Jul 2006 02:58:40 -0000, Tele-Scopic <anon@comments.header>
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Actually, the official Adobe reader is freeware, and there are
at least several other, freeware, third-party pdf-readers on-
line, which they say are faster, and take less memory, which
is good for those who have older, slower computers. Thirdly,
there are numerous freeware document-to-pdf format conversion
utilities available for download, such as "CutePDF", "WinPDF",
"PDFMoto", "PDF4U", "PDF995" etc. To wit, I used some of these
to self-publish my seven original books, which I created in
Microsoft Word, into the basic book format that can be easily
printed, cut and bound from legal-sized (8.5 x 14) paper. E.g.:
Too bad none of the software listed in your post makes you works any
less crap-tastic.
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