I asked an ebook publisher what sorts of things he felt we should include when we
support books and he made to following suggestions:
1. Definitely include a topical index feature. This is critical. Think about it, who
reads more than a page or two off a computer screen. But with a true topical index
the user can look up the topic they are studying and suddenly find where there subject
is dealt with in the whole library. A topically indexed devotional book starts to
function like a dictionary or encyclopedia. If you want to do this the way it should
(at least by my opinion) you should have different index groups (a. User created index
- they can index any book in the software; b. an index for all the pages in the book -
like a normal index found it the back of a book; c. an index just for
articles/chapters - this would be different from b. because it would only cover the
main topics covered by the article/chapter (this is necessary because it tells people
that you have a long section dealing with the topic, where in b. it may just be
two-three paragraphs.
2. Have an option to integrate MS Word as the note editor. This way you could give
people a professional level note taking capability.
