tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628370.post3652337771673664916..comments2023-08-19T04:03:16.679-07:00Comments on The Feldman File: Blio finally coming to market; Ray K babbles about distribution dealsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023384837565508387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628370.post-44426663573714946072010-08-02T20:45:33.397-07:002010-08-02T20:45:33.397-07:00Greg:
If you're trying to maintain page fidel...Greg:<br /><br />If you're trying to maintain page fidelity, there's no such thing as "sensibly reflowing." Reflowing a page breaks page fidelity--it no longer looks as it originally did, page number references are no longer correct, etc. There are cases where this doesn't matter, but these aren't the cases that Blio is targeting.<br /><br />In addition, I've had direct discussions with senior executives at major publishers in the U.S. who haven't seen the business case for making children's books available as eBooks. It's not "reverse logic", and it's not because there aren't available formats (there are, from companies such as Adobe and Follett.) They don't perceive the business opportunity.<br /><br />I'm glad that you're looking forward to Blio, and I wish you good luck with the format.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023384837565508387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18628370.post-35424743566310894552010-08-02T19:44:47.644-07:002010-08-02T19:44:47.644-07:00A good review in part, but there are some points I...A good review in part, but there are some points I would take issue with:<br /><br />1) PDFs maintain page fidelity zealously, which is an inherit problem with a format that stems from a typesetting language (PostScript). I do not know anything about the Blio format except that it allows typeset text to be sensibly reflowed.<br /><br />2)You reverse logic when you reason that publishers haven’t made graphically rich titles because of some mysterious reluctance to release children’s books (textbooks, works of science etc., can far more demanding in this regard). The unreliable nature of software rendering makes such things physically impossible. For instance, try getting any reliable rendering of an offset paragraph number amongst the large variety of software that pretends to read ePUBS – I have tried with no success.<br /><br />I favour an open standard like ePUB, but it is woefully inadequate for anything other than novels at this time. Yet ironically if CSS 2 subset had been implemented thoroughly on software then this would not be the case.<br /><br />I am looking forward to Blio because I believe it may well set the standard in terns of tight graphic rendering and sensible de-rendering of text, if ePUB can make this standard (even ePUBs on the Blio) all is well, if not I will switch to the Blio format for the works of science that I wish to publish, but cannot reliably do so now.<br /><br />Greg Schofield, Perth AustraliaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094179108973233607noreply@blogger.com