What became of crossmark?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Samuel Klein</b> <<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org">sj@laptop.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Hello Matthew,<br><br>OLPC users can download bundles of materials from any website. You can<br>see bundle specifications and some of the current bundles here:<br><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/Bundles">http://wiki.laptop.org/Bundles
</a><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/Activities">http://wiki.laptop.org/Activities</a><br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/Library_grid">http://wiki.laptop.org/Library_grid</a><br><br>Standard file formats for ebooks are HTML and PDF.
<br><br>For book conversion, try feedbooks; or one of the tools covered on<br>the mobileread site:<br><a href="http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion">http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion</a><br><br>
You do not need an OLPC laptop to try things out in its interface. You<br>can run an emulator on your own computeR:<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/Emulation">http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/Emulation</a><br><br>While we aim to support works that have not been specially formatted for
<br>the XO display, it would be useful to have a document detailing how to<br>design a PDF to our screen size. The Sony Reader's document is a good<br>model:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/37qe2a">http://tinyurl.com/37qe2a
</a><br><br>And when you come across format converters that have a special option for<br>formatting books to the screen-size of a specific device (such as the ones<br>you mention), it would be useful to request that the XO be added to those
<br>sites.<br><br>SJ<br><br><br>On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, <a href="mailto:mkow1234@aol.com">mkow1234@aol.com</a> wrote:<br><br>> November 17, 2007<br>><br>> Hello All:<br>><br>> Please allow a brief introduction: I am a former educator, now working in the private sector as a technical writer. I serve as a volunteer editor and communications liason for the Newton worldwide community (an ad-hoc "open source" group, that continues to support Apple Computer's Newton computing platform. I typically write to developers of old software titles, to achieve their release as either freeware or shareware.? I have also written, edited, and converted dozens of eBooks for the Newton platform. I would like to apply some of that experience to help the OLPC support community.
<br>><br>> My questions are as follows:<br>><br>> ? *? Is there a standard method by which OLPC device users "get" educational texts onto their OLPC laptops?<br>> ???? Is this typically done via the Internet? Bluetooth? Some other method?
<br>> ? *? What is the current standard file format for eBooks on the OLPC device?? .TXT?? .HTML?? Other?<br>> ? *? Does a web-based eBook conversion application exist?<br>> ? *? Does a web-based library repository exist for OLPC device users to upload/download eBooks?
<br>> ? *? I do not have an OLPC device (I primarily use Windows-based computers); can I still make contributions to the? OLPC platform?<br>><br>> I am interested in pursuing the development an eBook conversion<br>
> application that will allow users on a common Windows-based PC to<br>> prepare and convert texts for use as eBooks on the OLPC platform. I know<br>> of a web-based application in which one can simply drag a text file,
<br>> select the desired format, and create an eBook. There is also a Mozilla<br>> Firefox plug-in, which lets the user drag text files to create eBooks on<br>> the fly. I would like to see the OLPC platform added to the list of
<br>> available eBook file formats for document conversion.<br>><br>> Are any individuals or groups currently working in this area? Though not<br>> a developer myself, I can make overtures to software developers on
<br>> behalf of the OLPC platform. Would there be any community interest in<br>> what I have proposed?<br>><br>> I believe that the OLPC platform should also have a common document<br>> repository (i.e. web-based library), where eBooks and other data could
<br>> be uploaded and made available for others to download and use worldwide.<br>> Again, I am very new to your community, so I am not fully aware of what<br>> may have already been achieved in this area. If I have submitted this
<br>> e-mail posting to the wrong area of your buletin board, kindly forward<br>> my inquiry to the appropriate group for consideration. Thank you.<br>><br>><br>> Very best regards,<br>><br>> m @ t t h e w _ k 0 w @ l c z y k
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