Comments on: What Should an e-Book Be? http://ckwebb.com/publishing/what-should-an-e-book-be/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:06:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lara http://ckwebb.com/publishing/what-should-an-e-book-be/comment-page-1/#comment-8833 Lara Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:52:34 +0000 http://www.ckwebb.com/publishing/what-should-an-e-book-be/#comment-8833 I think ebooks need to be more than just text on screen. If you're going to go digital, you might as well take advantage of digital technology and add to the reading experience. A good example is the Moxyland ebook - the first ebook that has an embedded soundtrack. I think ebooks need to be more than just text on screen. If you’re going to go digital, you might as well take advantage of digital technology and add to the reading experience. A good example is the Moxyland ebook – the first ebook that has an embedded soundtrack.

]]> By: Jeff Lindsay http://ckwebb.com/publishing/what-should-an-e-book-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3418 Jeff Lindsay Fri, 02 May 2008 02:38:41 +0000 http://www.ckwebb.com/publishing/what-should-an-e-book-be/#comment-3418 Having used programming books some Ruby on Rails tasks, I can say that I really appreciated the option to pay extra to get the PDF version of the book as well as the softbound (e.g., Dave Thomas' Agile Web Development as one example). When stepping through programming details, it was great to be able to cut and paste code directly from the PDF, and to explore some areas more deeply in bonus areas on the supporting Website. But there were plenty of times it was great to have the physical book to carry around. I write this as a newbie. Real programmers may differ and have much better ideas. Having used programming books some Ruby on Rails tasks, I can say that I really appreciated the option to pay extra to get the PDF version of the book as well as the softbound (e.g., Dave Thomas’ Agile Web Development as one example). When stepping through programming details, it was great to be able to cut and paste code directly from the PDF, and to explore some areas more deeply in bonus areas on the supporting Website. But there were plenty of times it was great to have the physical book to carry around.

I write this as a newbie. Real programmers may differ and have much better ideas.

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