RE: eBooks and LiveCode
Absolutely agree with you, Steve. I wrote 'HyperManuscript' back in 1986 in conjunction with Roehampton Institute here in the UK. Far too much before its time, though. The problem now is one of critical mass... As you and Andre both point out, there are now a couple of entrenched standards so the choices are [1] support the existing standards, [2] launch an alternative, or [3] support the standards but extended to support LC-specific functionality/features. Whichever schema is used, LC will be up against the existing market supply. I suspect Amazon will be giving away their e-book hardware within the next 12-18 months; money is not in hardware but the software/services that use it. Cloud delivery to multiple platforms avoids this hardware problem but to make any impact at all, an LC app would have to enter the market with a substantial library of titles (several thousands) or it will be seen and reviewed as a niche-minnow if it is seen at all. And then there is HTML5, of course. Hugh Senior FLCo From: stgoldb...@aol.com stgoldb...@aol.com Subject: eBooks and LiveCode Regarding the question of whether LiveCode could be suitable for publishers who want to create interactive eBooks, I agree that such books would not be published in epub or amz format, but how about an eBook created with LiveCode as a pure LiveCode standalone that could be read in the cloud? Then, it would be accessible through Macintosh, Windows, and eReaders such as iPad that communicate with the Internet. The question is one of typesetting and laying out the book so that it looks professional (Scott Rossi quality!?) and also would have a means to discourage pirating. The advantage of considering LiveCode is the vast flexibility that it would have in introducing interactivity within the book. LiveCode's potential for this presently seems to exceed that of current means of creating eBooks (such as using Quark Express for the Blio Reader). There is a growing emphasis on creating eBooks that are not merely electronic versions of print books, but books that have something extra, the inclusion of interactivity in the form of hyperlinks, audio, and movies. Could LiveCode be a significant contributor to this? Steve Goldberg From: Andre Garzia an...@andregarzia.com Subject: Re: eBooks and LiveCode eBooks these days basically mean one of the following file formats: * PDF * mobi * nook * ePub ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
eBooks and LiveCode
Regarding the question of whether LiveCode could be suitable for publishers who want to create interactive eBooks, I agree that such books would not be published in epub or amz format, but how about an eBook created with LiveCode as a pure LiveCode standalone that could be read in the cloud? Then, it would be accessible through Macintosh, Windows, and eReaders such as iPad that communicate with the Internet. The question is one of typesetting and laying out the book so that it looks professional (Scott Rossi quality!?) and also would have a means to discourage pirating. The advantage of considering LiveCode is the vast flexibility that it would have in introducing interactivity within the book. LiveCode's potential for this presently seems to exceed that of current means of creating eBooks (such as using Quark Express for the Blio Reader). There is a growing emphasis on creating eBooks that are not merely electronic versions of print books, but books that have something extra, the inclusion of interactivity in the form of hyperlinks, audio, and movies. Could LiveCode be a significant contributor to this? Steve Goldberg From: Andre Garzia an...@andregarzia.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: eBooks and LiveCode Message-ID: BANLkTikF9mGqCrTBGPBfVNA2AdVm=iq...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 eBooks these days basically mean one of the following file formats: * PDF * mobi * nook * ePub ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: eBooks and LiveCode
On Jun 1, 2011, at 2:14 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: Regarding the question of whether LiveCode could be suitable for publishers who want to create interactive eBooks, I agree that such books would not be published in epub or amz format, but how about an eBook created with LiveCode as a pure LiveCode standalone that could be read in the cloud? Then, it would be accessible through Macintosh, Windows, and eReaders such as iPad that communicate with the Internet. The question is one of typesetting and laying out the book so that it looks professional (Scott Rossi quality!?) and also would have a means to discourage pirating. The advantage of considering LiveCode is the vast flexibility that it would have in introducing interactivity within the book. LiveCode's potential for this presently seems to exceed that of current means of creating eBooks (such as using Quark Express for the Blio Reader). There is a growing emphasis on creating eBooks that are not merely electronic versions of print books, but books that have something extra, the inclusion of interactivity in the form of hyperlinks, audio, and movies. Could LiveCode be a significant contributor to this? You might take a look at InteractBooks.com for the iPad. It is an app that makes books designed for non-programmers. Ezra Weinstein attended RunRevLive when it was still mid-beta, but I think they were finally ready to go to the app store last weekend. They have a lot of videos on YouTube that you might enjoy. You re correct that interactive book publishing is very hot these days. Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
eBooks and LiveCode
Like many publishers, we are considering developing a number of our titles as eBooks. I've used LiveCode (RunRev) for many of our projects, including CDs in our books, free downloads of built applications from our website, and even in the construction of our invoice system. Does anyone have any ideas as whether it would be feasible to use LiveCode as a good means to develop eBooks that might be downloaded or read on the Internet (perhaps with some form of DRM, so that they cannot easily be pirated)? Thanks. Stephen Goldberg, President MedMaster Publishing Co. mm...@aol.com www.medmaster.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: eBooks and LiveCode
eBooks these days basically mean one of the following file formats: * PDF * mobi * nook * ePub * amz These formats can be generated from any tool that can process text data and binary files. ePub for example is nothing but some xml and html inside a zip file. LiveCode can't generate those in the sense of creating a stack with cards as chapters or pages and generating a standalone but it can be used to create tools that automate the generation of the popular ebook files. So instead of creating ebooks with LiveCode, you create a tool to create eBooks with LiveCode On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:30 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com stgoldb...@aol.comwrote: Like many publishers, we are considering developing a number of our titles as eBooks. I've used LiveCode (RunRev) for many of our projects, including CDs in our books, free downloads of built applications from our website, and even in the construction of our invoice system. Does anyone have any ideas as whether it would be feasible to use LiveCode as a good means to develop eBooks that might be downloaded or read on the Internet (perhaps with some form of DRM, so that they cannot easily be pirated)? Thanks. Stephen Goldberg, President MedMaster Publishing Co. mm...@aol.com www.medmaster.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
