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Originally Posted by Stefan Stefansson
Thanks for the quick reply Mason.
At least you are going to have it as an alternative.
You also explained in an earlier response that your working order is to first finish the paper version in ( I guess ) the old fashioned way, and after that convert to an e-book format.
The thing I do not understand is why the script (that is on a computer before going to the presses ) not can be edited and released directly in digital form. Is it because you first want to see that the printed version is as you want it, and later make a digital copy of that? Many publishers release e-books version before the printed ones, and some have both versions out at the same time.
But I guess (and hope) that then you find an e-book solution you are satisfied with it will go faster on future projects.
Hi Stefan:
Our book publishing doesn't work exactly as you describe. Once our book is finished, which means type-set and then proof read, it goes to the graphics department at our printer for other finishing work which includes dropping in the card pictures and other art work.
Once all of this is done, we could then go print or convert to e-book format, or perhaps do both at the same time. But the problem right now is that even though we currently do have e-book capability, there are still a few bugs being worked out, and this should all be solved in a few days. Thus the books we have done recently have not gone through the e-book process yet, and older books which were first printed many years ago certainly didn't have the opportunity for first being e-books.
That's why it will be a three or four months before we move a book like
Analytical No-Limit Hold 'em into e-book format. We're not yet quite ready, and once ready, since we're already in the process of converting some of our other titles, we just want to make sure everything works as planned before we move into additional titles. But it's coming, and perhaps at some future time when we release a new book, we'll release both versions together.
Best wishes,
Mason