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A Writer's Guide to E-PublishingPart 1 -- The Technology
E-Publishing on Your Computer:
One advantage of HTML and PDF e-publishing over e-book devices is that users don't need new equipment; they can read the document on the same computer they used to download it. Another is that they can print a copy of the document, which isn't possible to do with e-books. The disadvantage is that neither the computer nor the printed document is as convenient to use as the e-book device, even though the quality of the print is significantly better with each.
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You don't really need a "dedicated
reading device" to read or publish an e-book, though. In fact, your pc or Mac
will serve just as well with either an HTML internet browser or Adobe PDF
software. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the scripting language that
serves the web. Essentially, it gives instructions to your Netscape or Explorer
browser about format and layout of web sites. PDF is the acronym for Portable
Document Format from Adobe. It's the standard tool for reading and printing
documents from a variety of formats with an "Acrobat Reader," a software
program you can download for free.