The more I talk to people about the uber index idea, the more I realize the significant effort required to create and implement it, particularly in the e-reader app. I still believe it's a viable solution for rich content, but maybe it's not something we'll see in the short term. So how about a few
simple thing between now and then?
I’ve learned quite a bit about graphic design, especially book design, over the past couple decades—just enough to be dangerous, I suppose, but certainly enough to do a workmanlike job on Viral Learning, at least. My do-it-yourself design certainly wouldn’t win any design awards, but it’s good enough to keep it from irritating me every time I try to read any of it. Given how picky I am about text looking decent, that’s no small thing.
I have noticed that Adobe are putting up some very useful resources to help in the process of building eBooks with the ePub format. Here is a recent post ob the Adobe blog:
I (Dave Dickson) haven't mentioned this on this blog before, but wanted to point out the resources on Adobe.com on how to create EPUB eBooks using Adobe InDesign.
When I think about opportunities around the iPad, I recall the CD-ROM market of the late 1980s. CD-ROM followed packaged software but created a number of innovative "content" packages, creating new categories such as "edutainment" with products like Reader Rabbit.
