News of Shafer eBook Publication Plans

[Dan Shafer]

Judy.....

LOL.

Yeah, as far as that remark goes, you're right.

I mean, I'd really like to understand: (a) how an index on a 
full-text-searchable document adds enough real value to make it worth 
the time and cost of compiling it; and (b) how such an index should 
differ, if at all, from an index for a printed book. Maybe there's some 
happy middle ground here.

Dan

On Feb 26, 2005, at 11:06 PM, Judy Perry wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Basically, what you're saying is that anything done crappily is crap 
> and
> anything done well is good.
>
> That's true.
>
> More l8r when I'm in a better mood ;-) :-/
>
> Judy
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Dan Shafer wrote:
>
>> Judy.....
>>
>> Strong opinion. I disagree. I know you come from an education
>> perspective and perhaps that's shaping some of what you are feeling 
>> but
>> my experience says:
>>
>> 1. Creating indexes is subjective at best. A great index can help make
>> the contents of a printed work more accessible; a poorly done one
>> (which 90% are) gets in the way because it sets up a false expectation
>> about what is and isn't covered in the book.
>
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