<span style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">Phil,</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">For our new book on Language Hunting we're using a "free" ebook publishing service that has been great so far, LeanPub:</div>
<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="http://leanpub.com" target="_blank">http://leanpub.com</a></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">
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<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">You can check out how we've used it here: </div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="http://leanpub.com/languagehunterskit" target="_blank">http://leanpub.com/languagehunterskit</a></div>
<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">What's great about their service is they automatically publish your manuscript into those 3 formats, ePub, .pdf, and MOBI. And it's free - they simply take a small cut of what you charge your readers to download a copy. You can email a copy of the .pdf to <a href="http://lulu.com" target="_blank">lulu.com</a> to make a hard </div>
<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">They also encourage authors to publish "works in progress"; this means you can get immediate benefit from an unfinished, in-progress work. Readers can see what you have so far and use it, give feedback, and so on. Leanpub updates the eBook files whenever you make a change. This means your readers have constantly updated versions they are able to read on their desktops.</div>
<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">Best of luck -</div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">
Willem</div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-- </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">Willem Larsen</span><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
President, Language Hunters </div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">Become a Language Hunter, and help to heal the global endangered language crisis.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a href="http://www.languagehunters.org/" target="_blank">http://www.languagehunters.org</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
@fluencygame #langhunt</div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">On 2012 Ian. 5, at 14:26, eddie avila wrote:</div><br style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Here is another paid option: <a href="http://bookbrewer.com/home" target="_blank">http://bookbrewer.com/home</a><div><br></div><div>(formerly Printcasting). I have not used it myself, but it might be an option should the person want some of the options offered.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For something simple, I think using a PDF reader is an easy way to go. I use GoodReader to read PDF documents on iOS.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 5, 2012, at 6:43 AM, Slavomír Čéplö wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote><div>Hi Phil,<br><br>there are currently three formats that dominate the ebooks market:<br><br>1. PDF<br>Advantages: nearly universal support, embeds images, embeds fonts.<br>Disadvantages: does not support reflow/text resize by default.<br>
Software: Adobe and many many others.<br><br>2. EPUB (default format for iBooks)<br>Advantages: supported by vast majority of eink readers and iOS and<br>Android apps, open, xml-based, utf-8 support, seamless reflow/text<br>
resize.<br>Disadvantages: not supported by Kindle, limited support for embedding<br>images, unsuitable for content with specific formatting requirements<br>(tables, equations).<br>Software: Calibre (see Claire's message) supports conversion of text<br>
files, but some manual steps have to be done to create tables of<br>content. There is a number of commercial tools (Adobe InDesign, Quark<br>XPress, Scrivener, Pages) and services (Lulu > iBooks) which can be<br>used to create epub files, but all you really need is an xml editor<br>
and a zip packer.<br><br>3. MOBIPOCKET 7 (essentially the same format used by Kindle).<br>Advantages: xhtml-based, seamless reflow/text resize, supported by<br>Kindle hardware and apps.<br>Disadvantages: closed (owned by Amazon), most likely moribund, limited<br>
support for non-ASCII alphabets, limited support for images.<br>Software: Calibre can convert between mobipocket and other formats,<br>Kindle Publisher Tools .<br><br>A fourth format can be added to this list, though I have not yet had<br>
any experience with it:<br><br>4. KINDLE FORMAT 8<br>Advantages: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000729511" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000729511</a><br>Disadvantages: closed (owned by Amazon) tbd<br>
Software: Kindle Publisher Tools.<br><br>As always, it all very much depends on the nature of the final product<br>and the mode of distribution (DRM, non-DRM, iBooks, Kindle) and the<br>device (Android/iOS hardware, eink reader). For a straight-up book<br>
with text and some illustrations, epub would probably be the best<br>choice. Something more interactive, possibly including audio and<br>video, is best handled by native Android/iOS apps.<br><br><br>On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 06:16, Phillip E Cash Cash<br>
<<a>cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote>Greetings in the new year,<br></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>I received an inquiry from a tribal member on creating eBooks or<br></blockquote>
<blockquote>electronic publications for language learning, etc.. I assume here<br></blockquote><blockquote>that it is to be used for current electronic devices (like iPhones,<br></blockquote><blockquote>tablets, android-devices, etc). As always, I would be glad to pass on<br>
</blockquote><blockquote>your suggestions & insights.<br></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>Phil<br></blockquote><blockquote>UofA<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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<a href="http://www.languagehunters.org" target="_blank">http://www.languagehunters.org</a></div><div>@fluencygame #langhunt</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>
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