Making Digital Copies Availiable
One of the issues that many times we have when speaking or presenting to a large audience, is having enough copies of the outline/presentation handout availiable for consumption. Part if that is planning, but the other part of that is more simple, sometimes people want to get to something in a more convienent means.
For those that use PDAs, ebooks are a good item with which one can pass outlines, presnetation notes, and other book-like materials from one device to another. Today, I want to highlight taking Word Docs, and transfering them to eReader-formatted documents. eReader is a very popular ebook program for PalmOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows desktop computers. And therefore it stands to reason that if you want to make a impression on someone with whom you are speaking, beaming or downloading books to read via eReader could make for an attractive option.
Now, because eReader is a propriteory format, you will only be able to read these ebooks with eReader's program. But since the reader is free, this can work out well. Here are the two programs that you can use to convert docs to eReader formatted books:
1. eReader's Dropbook and eBook Studio ($)
2. Publish eBook (free)
Dropbook and eBook Studio is the paid for eReader solution. While that initially sounds like a turn off, if you are an aspiring author looking for a means of distribution, or a small sales author, this is a solution that could easily pay for itself quite quickly. Basically, these two take any MS Word or .txt file and convert it to the eReader format. It really good if you have pictures or other more complex formatting elements. However, the downside is the cost if you are only distributing sermon outlines, presentation sheets, or the like.
The other solution, IMO more suitable for small press, is Publish eBook by Peter Gorod. "Publish eBook is a free tool (programmed as a Microsoft Word VBA macro) to easily convert your Microsoft Word Documents to eBooks (text from website)." I have found it pretty easy to set up, and the developer is quite friendly in attending to questions regarding its use and operation. While it is not a program, in the strict sense of the Word (it works as a function of MS Word), this lends to it being a bit easier to deal with from a usability standpoint. There is no rights-management with Publish eBook; so some places might not let you sell your eBook unless there can be some authentication or copy-protection built in.
These are only two solutions of many. There happens to be quite a few reader programs for various devices, and many more formats. If you are looking to get into making digital copies of your text availiable, these two programs offer two solutions. And two that just might get you looking all the more at eBooks as a medium to share the testimony of Jesus.
For those that use PDAs, ebooks are a good item with which one can pass outlines, presnetation notes, and other book-like materials from one device to another. Today, I want to highlight taking Word Docs, and transfering them to eReader-formatted documents. eReader is a very popular ebook program for PalmOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows desktop computers. And therefore it stands to reason that if you want to make a impression on someone with whom you are speaking, beaming or downloading books to read via eReader could make for an attractive option.
Now, because eReader is a propriteory format, you will only be able to read these ebooks with eReader's program. But since the reader is free, this can work out well. Here are the two programs that you can use to convert docs to eReader formatted books:
1. eReader's Dropbook and eBook Studio ($)
2. Publish eBook (free)
Dropbook and eBook Studio is the paid for eReader solution. While that initially sounds like a turn off, if you are an aspiring author looking for a means of distribution, or a small sales author, this is a solution that could easily pay for itself quite quickly. Basically, these two take any MS Word or .txt file and convert it to the eReader format. It really good if you have pictures or other more complex formatting elements. However, the downside is the cost if you are only distributing sermon outlines, presentation sheets, or the like.
The other solution, IMO more suitable for small press, is Publish eBook by Peter Gorod. "Publish eBook is a free tool (programmed as a Microsoft Word VBA macro) to easily convert your Microsoft Word Documents to eBooks (text from website)." I have found it pretty easy to set up, and the developer is quite friendly in attending to questions regarding its use and operation. While it is not a program, in the strict sense of the Word (it works as a function of MS Word), this lends to it being a bit easier to deal with from a usability standpoint. There is no rights-management with Publish eBook; so some places might not let you sell your eBook unless there can be some authentication or copy-protection built in.
These are only two solutions of many. There happens to be quite a few reader programs for various devices, and many more formats. If you are looking to get into making digital copies of your text availiable, these two programs offer two solutions. And two that just might get you looking all the more at eBooks as a medium to share the testimony of Jesus.
posted by Antoine @ 1/04/2006 02:02:00 PM
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