[Amps] E-Book

[Will Matney]

Well here's the dilemma with HTML. Folks on here, especially which I consider all good friends, some have offered to proof read for glitches, etc., I cant password protect it unless it's put in a compression file like .zip or .rar. I don't think winzip will go cross platform, and not sure about rar files. I know pdfs are and the other form of e-book available is only win-32 compatible which has a built in browser. I intend on selling the book in the future, maybe $5-$10 a copy over the net to raise some money since this current administration wont okay me an electric wheelchair, and I can not walk one lick. However, some still get's them that are walking around! That's a whole other story that I wont get into here because it brings up some pretty bitter feelings with me. I know what caused it because before the current administration, you could get one easily. I'll just leave that a that. Anyhow, that's the reason for having to go back to work and try to get extra income. My friends, I don't care to give a copy away free. That way, I could just send it all in HTML. With a pdf or an e-book, I can password protect those for resale. Since Adobe Acrobat is cross platform that will work for Mac, Linux, and Unix I think. The e-book form would be good for those running Windows. Personally, I like Windows and have been a hacker at it, so know how to plug all the holes on my machine. I still run 98 if that tells you anything. The bad part is your still left with the memory leaks, and hang-ups every now and then. Linux, you don't have to worry. I never did crash a Linux machine. I guess it's all in what you get used to.

I would like to get some comments on what would be looked for in the book and what would be needed. I don't know if you seen the one webpage(s) I did before on transformers but it will be similar to it. I want to get into the how's and why's you use certain components, and how to design each inductor from scratch. Examples are, I always thought, the best way to learn. That is one other thing to include. I think some math we use scare some folks also. That's another are to help clear up and where example problems help a lot. If all would, let me know any ideas and I'll mull them over. Thanks again for the interest to all, I really appreciate it.

Best,

Will

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On 3/6/05 at 1:19 AM ad5gb wrote:

>Hi Will,
>
>Just wanted to encourage you to stay platform-independent if you do decide
> to do such a thing.  Some of us do not use Microsoft (Win32) stuff.....
>(and encouragingly..... those numbers are growing)  so it would  be of
>great
>benefit to be mindful of that.   PDF is a fairly portable format indeed,
>but
>plain ol' HTML and PDF images will render in almost any browser.
>
>
>Kind regards!
>
>
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> --- On Sat 03/05, Will Matney < craxd1 at ezwv.com > wrote:
>From: Will Matney [mailto: craxd1 at ezwv.com]
>To: amps at contesting.com
>Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:19:49 -0500
>Subject: [Amps] E-Book
>
>Just a quick question. How well would everyone think an e-book sell about
>magnetics with the steps on designing both air and cored inductors? I was
>thinking about doing one but dont want to invest that much time if it
>wouldn't be needed. It would be similar to those webpages I done a long
>time back but more involved. Last, what formats would be the best and a
>standard e-book with browser is a Win32 app only and PDF's are cross
>platform aren't
>they?<br><br>Best,<br><br>Will<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Amps mailing list<br>Amps at contesting.com<br>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps<br>
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