stubones99
Guru
How many of you boaters use Amazon Kindle e-books?
I have found that some that know about them, love them.
Meanwhile, the rest think you have to buy a reader to read a book???
Not true; Any tablet, smart phone, laptop, desktop, etc. can have a e-book reader app installed and be used to read books (and manuals).
Some say, it isn't a good fit for books with pictures... Statistically, more people use a laptop/desktop/tablet to read their books than the dedicated kindle readers. So, that blows the argument that books with pictures won't look good on an e-book format. If you browse the kindle bookstore, you'll see lots of books that say better on large screen readers, and this means it has color photos and such.
Yes, the dedicated kindle readers are very handy, but do limit the graphics quality, and black and white but have an advantage of very long battery life.
There are drawbacks to e-books.
You can't pass it on once you're finished reading it...
You have to have power on your device to read a book.
An e-book often costs more than a used paperback.
I've converted over 60 out of print books to Amazon e-book format and wanted to share what I've learned in the process, if anyone is interested.
It's a fairly simple task to take a book text and convert it to an e-book. In some cases, we no longer had the original text files and had to scan them in and perform an OCR and proof the resulting text, then convert it to e-books.
Once you get an e-book done, upload it to Amazon's KDP and for no monthly costs, you can sell your book(s) to the e-book public and get a commission for each sale. From then on, you get a check at the end of the month for the copies sold.
Many of you boaters have the knowledge of particular areas and probably have photos that could be used to make a local cruising e-book. I think that would be a fun project if I were still aboard.
If you guys and gals have questions or comments, let me know!
Thanks!
Stu
I have found that some that know about them, love them.
Meanwhile, the rest think you have to buy a reader to read a book???
Not true; Any tablet, smart phone, laptop, desktop, etc. can have a e-book reader app installed and be used to read books (and manuals).
Some say, it isn't a good fit for books with pictures... Statistically, more people use a laptop/desktop/tablet to read their books than the dedicated kindle readers. So, that blows the argument that books with pictures won't look good on an e-book format. If you browse the kindle bookstore, you'll see lots of books that say better on large screen readers, and this means it has color photos and such.
Yes, the dedicated kindle readers are very handy, but do limit the graphics quality, and black and white but have an advantage of very long battery life.
There are drawbacks to e-books.
You can't pass it on once you're finished reading it...
You have to have power on your device to read a book.
An e-book often costs more than a used paperback.
I've converted over 60 out of print books to Amazon e-book format and wanted to share what I've learned in the process, if anyone is interested.
It's a fairly simple task to take a book text and convert it to an e-book. In some cases, we no longer had the original text files and had to scan them in and perform an OCR and proof the resulting text, then convert it to e-books.
Once you get an e-book done, upload it to Amazon's KDP and for no monthly costs, you can sell your book(s) to the e-book public and get a commission for each sale. From then on, you get a check at the end of the month for the copies sold.
Many of you boaters have the knowledge of particular areas and probably have photos that could be used to make a local cruising e-book. I think that would be a fun project if I were still aboard.
If you guys and gals have questions or comments, let me know!
Thanks!
Stu
) and a very "designed" format. A big part of the appeal and desirability of these two books is their physical presence. They simply would not have the same impact on the readers they are aimed at as an e-book.
