XWD as an enhanced ebook authoring system

[spudmachine]

Hi sledger,
Sorry if I'm confused

I'll admit that you can think of an enhanced ebook as a form of tablet app.

But looking at what the iBook Author system does, that's pretty much what I would be looking for in any enhanced ebook development system.

The downside is that it only runs on an iPad (which I do not own).

Pauland mentioned the same thing - Apple is really clever at getting people like me, who actively avoid their products, to even contemplate going to the Dark Side.

I have to say the authoring envionment seems to be incredibly compelling.

But just think - if XWD could do something similar for cross-platform it would be a real killer application.

Cheers,
SPuD

[spudmachine]

Just in case Xara folks are interested in the business case.

Check out this story of a Russian billionaire using proprietry tablets in Russian schools.

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/arch...uptor?page=all

It looks like one of the big uses of the enhanced ebook is as a textbook. In the US there will be high school teachers creating their own iBooks because the software is breathtakingly easy to use.

But this Russian guy is using a "proprietary tablet". I suspect he'll be using a version of Android on it, but if it can run an enhanced EPUB reader then Xara could sell thousands of copies of XWD into Russia for content development.

Schools and universities all around the world are going to want to develop these enhanced ebooks. This is why Apple made the software free of charge - they know they'll recoup that investment many times over.

Anyway - OSX Lion almost finished installing on my daughter's MacBook Pro. I should be able to try the iBook Author out soon

Cheers,
SPuD

[gwpriester]

All I am saying is if Xara created a Xara style product for creating Android apps it would be pretty terrific (killer).

Steve - You are an endless resource. I'll check that out.

[steve.ledger]

Don't thank me, thank Google for having the patience to put up with my insistent querying

[Sheff]

I too wish for an epub export function as I am also using Xara to do a graphic novel.