[FM Discuss] Proposed book on Reading and Publishing for Sugar

[James Simmons]

John,

I understand your point of view, and it's reasonable.  However, my
goal in creating the book is to help the OLPC project, which has a
good platform for reading but you need to know a lot to get the most
out of it.  There is also a shortage of free books in languages other
than English and a shortage of e-books for very young readers that we
need to deal with.  I am less concerned about those who have iPads and
Kindles, and the book will reflect that.  While much of the content
would be re-mixable the focus would be on the needs of the OLPC
project.

James Simmons


> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:15:19 -0400
> From: "John Rigdon" <jrigdon at researchonline.net>
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> Since this manual is about ebooks in general, why not name it as some such,
> with a chapter or chapters devoted to the Sugar Platform.
>
> I am working on identifying titles in French and Creole primarily for a
> Haiti Digital Library, so much of what will be done with this will apply to
> my current project.  With the impending boom of PAD computers however, I
> think we will see a much broader platform in the next year or so beyond the
> Kindle, Sony, and IPAD devices.
>
> Currently I am offering my Civil War books in PDF format, but I am studying
> all of these other platforms and formats.
>
> John Rigdon
> www.ngohaiti.com - Haiti Tools and Resources
> www.researchonline.net - Civil War Research