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- Subject: Re: Writing a book in electronic format
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.134941.22034@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 13:49:41 GMT
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- In <1992Sep9.225921.23797@massey.ac.nz> R.Singh@massey.ac.nz (R. Singh) writes:
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- >What's the best way to write a book in electronic format? I need text,
- >graphics and "hot" text, that is clicking on it takes you further detailed
- >explanation. Hypercard does seem to be the obvious choice but I wondered if
- >there is another application designed for this sort of thing. However
- >references to Hypercard stacks I could use as a stating point would be
- >excellent.
-
- The best treatment I've seen so far of this sort of thing are the Voyager
- Expanded Books. If you haven't seen these, you should pop out and buy a few
- of them--they're really well-done. They're essentially electronicizations of
- popular novels, including Michael Crighton's _Jurassic Park_, Adams's _Hitch-
- hiker's Guide to the Galaxy_, and so forth.
-
- They do exactly the sort of things you're describing here; I'd commend you to
- check them out before getting involved in such a project.
-
- Good luck!
- -Sting
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