> Anyone watching the news this week about Apple's ebook and > text book apps and endeavors? > > Seeking input as to how that might play with LC.
Last week, my other publishing business changed our monthly 3D seminar to include how to incorporate 3D content from Shade into iBooks made with author. From a technical perspective, it's a very attractive tool, and its kind of cool how easy it is to incorporate 3D stuff. On the other hand, I think the business model is flawed, at least for Apple: http://www.lynnfredricks.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-2-ibooks-author-attractive-bu t-frightening-solution-to-educational-publishing/ Also, the licensing terms are rather evil. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apples-mind-bogglingly-greedy-and-evil-licens e-agreement/4360 I can live with a closed garden platform as a private citizen - its my choice and, although it's a business model I don't entirely like, its not unlike the business model of most console game companies. On the other hand, I am totally opposed to the platform being used in publicly funded education until the platform and the file format are open. There are simply too many costs and too much ownership by Apple. What I do think is very possible is that Apple will open the way for a cheaper solution based on Android and ePUB 3 - although its not necessarily a native "LC" format, the power of LC to work with text based anything could result some extremely powerful publishing tools. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Mirye Software Publishing http://www.mirye.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
