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Publishing Resources
If you have information
on a resource you think should be listed here, please email details to:
sales@fuguesoftware.com.
 Software Resources
Hardware
Resources
Online
Publishers
Software
There
are now several document viewer systems available that allow a book to
be published as a single file that can be downloaded and viewed with a
viewer program, but the file itself cannot be changed.
- Adobe
Acrobat Publisher - this is a commercial program that allows
you to create text on your word processor, print it using a special
printer driver, and create a .PDF file. Anyone with
the Acrobat reader can read the files.
However, you cannot password
protect parts of the file. Also the PDF format is intended for printing
- it does not display well on a screen. The print is too small when
the full page is viewed, and when the page is zoomed to make the letters
legible the right hand side of the page disappears.
- Word
Perfect Viewer and Microsoft Viewer. Both
these are provided by the vendors of the word procession programs of
the same name. You save your file in the word processor format, distribute
it with the viewer program.
However, the file format can be read by the word processor that
created it, so anyone with the same word processor can modify the
file. Also you cannot password protect parts of the file.
- Microsoft
Help Files. These can be produced provided you have a word
processor that supports RTF format, plus you need the help compiler
from Microsoft. You can then distribute the help file, and anyone with
a Windows system can read the files, but cannot change them.
However, it is not easy to
produce Help files. Also you cannot password protect parts of the
file.
- Publisher Suite from
Fugue Software. This format allows you to put standard
HTML files with graphics into a single file. Anyone with the (free)
viewer program can view the file contents. The file is encrypted, so
the contents cannot be loaded into a word processor. Individual pages
can be password protected, so that they cannot be viewed without the
password (very useful if you want payment for your work). Each file
contains a signature of the registered owner, and cannot be changed
by any other copy of the publisher program. You can download an evaluation copy
of Publisher Suite
Because you can password
protect parts of the book, you can distribute the full book with some
chapters protected, and request a payment for a password that will
permit a person to view the other chapters. Each person can have a
different password.
You
can also download books in EBK format.
- There
are other commercial packages coming out in the near future. We'll let
you know more when we find out more.
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 Ebook Net
Interested in the hardware that's available now to support electronic
books? Then you should check out this site. Has reviews of what is available,
plus libraries of ebooks to suit some of the available hardware.
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Fugue Software
Interested in having us publish and list your book on our bookshop
page on this site? Then you should read our fine
print, and see if our service is for you. If you want to publish with
us, send us your electronic manuscript.
Fatbrain{*}
Fatbrain will allow you to list your electronic publication with them
and sell them for you.
BookZone
BookZone offers a range of ePublishing services from entire books, specific
chapters to single reports.
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