John, I agree , it would give the people who use the manuals, aka the readers more options.
Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:48 AM, John McKown <joa...@swbell.net> wrote: > I like having IBM manuals be readable in electronic form. Personally, I > prefer using the Web and BookManager format over PDF. But I cannot > easily download those and view them offline. On the other hand, the PDF > manuals are a royal PITA to me, except on my Kindle DX. Which is why I > have a Kindle DX. They are a PITA because PDFs are formatted as a > portrait mode, letter (or maybe A4) sized page. And since many of the > manuals are two column, that means paging up and down while switching > sides to read. The problem with the BookManager format, in addition to > the "not offline", is that I sometimes cannot read the diagrams. They > aren't formatted correctly. > > Now, one of my favorite magazines has gone "digital only". I have an > Android app on my Xoom tablet which displays their magazine like a > regular magazine - letter sized portrait. HOWEVER, they also have .mobi > and .epub formats for reading on cell phones and other devices. > > I am wondering how difficult it would be for IBM to publish their > manuals in .mobi or .epub format. This would make them much more > readable on cell phones or other media such a the newer Kindles or Nook > ebook reader. It would even help on netbooks, laptops, and desktop as it > wouldn't force the letter sized pages onto a device which cannot render > them nicely. > > Just a thought. > > -- > John McKown > Maranatha! <>< > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
