Presented by Jeff GomezSt. Martin’s Press eBooks and Print on Demand Manager2/21/02

The Initial Reaction

PDF and How to Use It

� In-house

� Professionally

PDF In-house

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

=

+ Acrobat

Integrity of design

PDF Professionally

� eBooks

� Print on Demand

eBooks

� Format

� Conversion

eBooks: The Flow

Word Quark eBooks

PDF Converter eBooks

Print on Demand

� Out of print, but not out of mind

� One copy at a time

Print on Demand: The Flow

Backlist PDF

Frontlist Electronic files

PDF

Physical copy

eGalleys

http://www.bookstk.com/acrobat/

eGalleys

eGalleys

� Format Breakdown

MS Reader

38%

PDF53%

Palm9%

The Future

� Electronic paper

� Tablet PCs � New generations of PDAs