From: Allan Ngaparu (angaparu_at_optusnet.com.au)
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 14:13:26 PDT
Matt,
When you are formatting these books do you try to make them utilise the full
screen of a 2xxx Newton or does that then make tthe books unreadable for
someone with an earlier Newton platform? Just wondering as you said you are
experimenting with the font size etc At this stage I wouldn't have a clue
about making Newton books , but I guess we should all have a go because it
is a great ebook platform. On that thought, what about being able to read
non Newton formatted ebooks with a Newton, how could that be done?
Allan Ngaparu
u2000
Brisbane Australia
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Subject: [NTLK] New Newton eBooks (continued)
> Hello Allan, Tony, et al:
> I wish that I had the time to read each eBook from cover to cover! I only
> skimmed the New Zealand Station Life book as I formatted it, but it was
quite
> interesting. I just finished reading Sir Ernest Shackleton's narrative of
his
> expedition to the South Pole, and I am in the midst of reading John Wesley
> Powell's expedition narrative. Powell did not let his "handicap" of having
half an
> arm blown off in the Civil War keep him from leading a dangerous rafting
> expedition through uncharted canyons and river systems. What a badass!
>
> I'm planning to start working on another batch of Newton eBooks in the
near
> future. It takes some time to create each batch, oweing largely to the
> conversion process (editing, formatting, and creating hyperlinked table of
contents
> entries for each book in NewtonPress). It also takes time to search
through
> the existing Project Gutenberg catalog for titles of possible interest. I
try
> to approach this in an objective manner, but faced with such an eclectic
mix of
> titles, it can be difficult to choose.
> One other problem I am wrestling with is the font size of each eBook. I
have
> the formatted .rtf and NP! files, in the event that I receive requests for
> larger format eBooks.
>
> I am trying to offer something for everyone. The next batch of converted
> eBooks will include some of the following titles:
>
> * Naval Pioneers of Australia
> * History of Canada vol. I
> * Beethoven's Letters vol. I
> * The Student's Elements of Geology
> * Self Development and the Way to Power
> * Icelandic Grammar
> * History of Ottawa and Chippewa (Grammar)
> * Edison - His Life and Inventions
> * Incan Land - Explorations in the Peruvian Highlands
> * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
> * E-mail 101
> * History and Practice of Photography
> * The Voyage of the Beagle (by Charles Darwin)
> * Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
>
> I welcome suggestions, but please make sure that suggested titles are
> copyright-free and readily available in .txt or .rtf format.
>
> Matt K.
>
>
>
>
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