Tag Archives: Standards

Egregious Nonsense Regarding eBook Standards

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Andrew Updegrove

It takes something truly ridiculous to make me write an out and out rant. Still, every now and then I read something that I can’t avoid responding to, because of the degree to which it misrepresents reality in an area … Continue reading →

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Self-Publishing: a Step by Step Guide – Ch. 4: Understanding POD Business Models (Part I)

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Andrew Updegrove

Read the first installment of this series here Last time around I identified the different types of Print on Demand (POD) publishers that are active in the market today and provided tips on how to decide which type would best … Continue reading →

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ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 4 – Eric Kriss, Peter Quinn and the ETRM

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Andrew Updegrove

Read this book from the beginning By the end of December 2005, I had been blogging on ODF developments in Massachusetts for about four months, providing interviews, legal analysis and news as it happened.  In those early days, not many … Continue reading →

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ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 2

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Andrew Updegrove

This is the second chapter in a real-time eBook writing project I launched and explained last week.  The following is one of a number of stage-setting chapters to follow.  Comments, corrections and suggestions gratefully accepted.  All Microsoft product names used … Continue reading →

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ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Andrew Updegrove

My last post – Why Johnny Can’t Format [a book] attracted enough attention (over 900 reads so far, plus many comments, tweets, and other social media pass-along) that I thought those that read it might want to learn more about … Continue reading →

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Why Johnny Can’t Format [a book]

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Andrew Updegrove

One of the big frustrations of writing a book is that while Microsoft Word can be used for creating and formatting a book, it’s a real pain in the neck for ordinary mortals to use it for that purpose.  In … Continue reading →

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