Comments on: Inside the Publishing Revolution (Free e-Book) http://printceo.com/2008/07/inside-the-publishing-revolution-free-e-book Printing Industry News and Opinion Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dr Joe Webb http://printceo.com/2008/07/inside-the-publishing-revolution-free-e-book/comment-page-1#comment-6681 Dr Joe Webb Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:33:13 +0000 http://printceoblog.com/?p=785#comment-6681 Yes, Mr. Jahn, a very good question. I'm in Linux nowadays, and can open and make PDFs quite easily. But the file format that was supposed to be independent of operating systems does not apply to this download, as its special software has no Linux version. Did someone mention a revolution? I must have been mistaken. Yes, Mr. Jahn, a very good question. I’m in Linux nowadays, and can open and make PDFs quite easily. But the file format that was supposed to be independent of operating systems does not apply to this download, as its special software has no Linux version.

Did someone mention a revolution? I must have been mistaken.

]]> By: Michael "PDF boy" Jahn http://printceo.com/2008/07/inside-the-publishing-revolution-free-e-book/comment-page-1#comment-6672 Michael "PDF boy" Jahn Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:30:20 +0000 http://printceoblog.com/?p=785#comment-6672 So, if Adobe started this revolution, why on earth do are we required to install some odd duck application like Adobe Digital Editions to read about a file format - PDF - and how it became the darling of Publishing vertical ? Why not release this "free" e-Book as a PDF and be done with it ? Besides - my research shows that there were roughly five times more Amazon Kindle titles available than Sony-compatible titles - if we are thinking revolutionary, they should release it .MOBI, .PRC, and AZW. Not really having a standard e-Book format just shows that there still needs to be a revolution I guess. So, if Adobe started this revolution, why on earth do are we required to install some odd duck application like Adobe Digital Editions to read about a file format – PDF – and how it became the darling of Publishing vertical ? Why not release this “free” e-Book as a PDF and be done with it ?

Besides – my research shows that there were roughly five times more Amazon Kindle titles available than Sony-compatible titles – if we are thinking revolutionary, they should release it .MOBI, .PRC, and AZW.

Not really having a standard e-Book format just shows that there still needs to be a revolution I guess.

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