From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 18:15:42 MDT
> The problem with the ebook is that you cant go from ebook files
> to microsloth word files. Or is this not correct? spike
Most of what publishers are calling "ebooks" these days are in
stupid encrypted files with special readers that aren't very "e"
at all--they can't even be read in speech browsers or with
your visual settings, and they can't be searched, indexed, or
linked. Out-of-copyright books are generally available as plain
text (and therefore usable), as are a few selected books like
Engines of Creation and The Ultimate Resource. King's new book
is somewhere in between--no encryption, but it's in pseudo-
usable PDF format.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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