Will automation put book converters out of a job?
Yes.
Today the web is buzzing about Vellum (http...
Will automation put book converters out of a job?
Yes.
Today the web is buzzing about Vellum (http://goo.gl/4KvhHd), a new tool that promises to automatically take your crappily-formatted Word manuscript, break it up in to chapters, and create beautifully formatted ebooks that are automatically uploaded to store fronts. And it probably works mostly as described.
Pressbooks (http://goo.gl/BvOMC) does something similar, but uses Wordpress as the starting point. I've used it, and can promise that it works almost exactly as promised.
Last night, I used Leanpub (http://goo.gl/Z4JJ1) for the very first time. It works with markdown, but has several import options and is superslick. I'm hooked.
And at no point with any of these did I ever have to worry about book conversion. I didn't do it myself, and I didn't have anyone do it for me. I don't worry about conversion any more than I worry about how the signal from my keyboard tells my computer to write a letter. Conversion is now down to the machine level, and it's there to stay.
I wonder what we'll automate next?
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Yes.
Today the web is buzzing about Vellum (http://goo.gl/4KvhHd), a new tool that promises to automatically take your crappily-formatted Word manuscript, break it up in to chapters, and create beautifully formatted ebooks that are automatically uploaded to store fronts. And it probably works mostly as described.
Pressbooks (http://goo.gl/BvOMC) does something similar, but uses Wordpress as the starting point. I've used it, and can promise that it works almost exactly as promised.
Last night, I used Leanpub (http://goo.gl/Z4JJ1) for the very first time. It works with markdown, but has several import options and is superslick. I'm hooked.
And at no point with any of these did I ever have to worry about book conversion. I didn't do it myself, and I didn't have anyone do it for me. I don't worry about conversion any more than I worry about how the signal from my keyboard tells my computer to write a letter. Conversion is now down to the machine level, and it's there to stay.
I wonder what we'll automate next?
Creative Commons license found on Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/2zfcKd
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