On Thursday 30 September 2010 00:26:09 Helen wrote:
> How hard is it to convert to multiple e-reader formats including PDF?

That is actually a pretty good point. If our Wiki is good enough in terms of 
content, we can try and figure out how to automate creating a book. Well, fully 
automatic would probably be hard - a book would need a bit of layouting. But 
having all the content on the wiki, then using it for a complementary book - I 
think that's the way to go.

> E-readers have not yet taken off in Australia and I wouldn't buy a
> Kindle anyway. (It's only a matter of time before Amazon starts
> sticking advertising at random through your books.)
> 
> Other handheld devices - 7 inch tablet/pads, Nintendo DSI XL.....
> 
> Helen
> 
> >> We can offer it as a free book or charge a small publishing fee through
> >> Amazon and funnel a few bucks into the future openSUSE Foundation.
> >>
> >> The potential opportunities abound here!
> >>
> >> Bryen
> >>
> >
> > P.S.  When I say Kindle or Nook, I mean in their book formats, not
> > sending to it as a PDF.  For two reasons  1) PDF documents incur a
> > charge to the user and 2) PDF formatting on Kindle REAAAAAALLLY sucks
> > and is not very accessible for low-vison users.   So we would do a
> > disservice not publishing in native format that allows all users to be
> > able to read it.
> >
> 

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