Should I mention I have another project idea? It might be tempting fate, since in recent years, every idea I’ve had has either been unfeasible or has stalled irrevocably!
But I’m toying with ideas, and again, being drawn to the online PDF format. It’s not a format I prefer, but it’s a question of money. I’ve done small press stuff in the past on a shoe-string, but I like to feel a sense of progression—and printed material is a high-cost kind of progression.
I don’t want to discuss specific ideas at the moment, but I am interested in hearing people’s opinions about PDF. If you have thoughts, leave a comment!
Not that this is a concern of many people, but I like the fact that I can generate a PDF using free software tools. It seems to be reasonably platform-independent (i.e. not just Windows–Adobe has a Linux version of the reader) and relatively open for a proprietary format (maybe we can count on them not to make changes that affect compatibility?). I’ve also seen some nice stuff done in PDF (including a Yellow Claw scan package in colour tabloid format from the UK). A concern I’ve heard is that for someone not very computer-literate, the extra step of installing a third-party viewer on their vanilla Windows machine is beyond their level of commitment (although I personally haven’t met anyone in that category).
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