Comments on: Harlequin’s Mike Smith about to be the new IDPF exec director? http://www.teleread.com/drm/harlequins-mike-smith-about-to-be-the-new-idpf-exec-director/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.com/drm/harlequins-mike-smith-about-to-be-the-new-idpf-exec-director/comment-page-1/#comment-580540 Rob Preece Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:34:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7302#comment-580540 If IDPF could only do one thing (more), what I'd really like to see is a .epub macro for either Word or OpenOffice. Come on, guys. There's an OpenOffice save-as for PDF, for Palm DOC, for Word, and for XML DocBook. I'm betting that all of the basics are there for someone with a bit of programming. If I had this, I'd make the BooksForABuck.com back-list available in .epub within a couple of weeks. So, what do you think, Mike? Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com If IDPF could only do one thing (more), what I’d really like to see is a .epub macro for either Word or OpenOffice. Come on, guys. There’s an OpenOffice save-as for PDF, for Palm DOC, for Word, and for XML DocBook. I’m betting that all of the basics are there for someone with a bit of programming. If I had this, I’d make the BooksForABuck.com back-list available in .epub within a couple of weeks. So, what do you think, Mike?

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/drm/harlequins-mike-smith-about-to-be-the-new-idpf-exec-director/comment-page-1/#comment-580477 David Rothman Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:39:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7302#comment-580477 Good point, Robert, although the IDPF could at least do things incrementally. I'm impatient to see the logo. But first it'll help for there to be a way to make sure a company has earned it. Perhaps the IDPF could authorize companies to set up reasonably priced validation services. Thanks. David Good point, Robert, although the IDPF could at least do things incrementally. I’m impatient to see the logo. But first it’ll help for there to be a way to make sure a company has earned it. Perhaps the IDPF could authorize companies to set up reasonably priced validation services. Thanks. David

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.com/drm/harlequins-mike-smith-about-to-be-the-new-idpf-exec-director/comment-page-1/#comment-580413 Robert Nagle Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:00:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7302#comment-580413 Although I agree about the need for a validation tool, in fact, it is a lot more complicated than one might think. epub consists of several standards (css, ops, dtb). I for one would be happy with just a OPS validator. Although I agree about the need for a validation tool, in fact, it is a lot more complicated than one might think. epub consists of several standards (css, ops, dtb). I for one would be happy with just a OPS validator.

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