Geoff Wicks wrote: > > As far as the technical side is concerned the problem with a > pdf file is that we will need it to be searchable and include > the illustrations. Perhaps the people who did the QL Today > pdf archive could help. >
>From a tech point of view, this is much less difficult than it used to be. If you have the MS Word document already (which presumably has already been OCR'd and typo-checked), then provided the headings are in heading styles, you can use Libre Office Writer to create a fully searchable & bookedmarked PDF. > The best solution would probably be an e-book. I would > certainly be prepared to pay a tenner for that, so that if it > oils the works, we can offer Jan Jones royalties. Moi aussi - although I already own a copy of the paperback so in theory don't need an e-book; but how many of us are sat in front of actual QL hardware, in the same place/time, these days? All the more so if the Raspberry Pi ever gets a QL emulator... (and, indeed, if the RPi ever actually gets delivered!) The one downside to an e-book is... once released, you forever lose control of it. It would be the "last reprint"; and I suspect Quanta will have to find a way to fund JJ a one-off royalty. I sincerely hope it's possible, because the book is brilliant (not much of a thriller, admittedly) and having an e-copy would be very useful. Cheers, Ade. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
