[LMB] OT: question about Baen book dowloads

[Phil Boswell]

On 02/07/07, B. Ross Ashley <redlion at sff.net> wrote:
[snip]
> Baen's method of building the e-books seems to involve making a separate
> .html page for each chapter of the book and linking them all together.
> Other epublishers make a single massive .html file. The single massive
> file method makes for a cleaner copy in Mobipocket. Probably a nightmare
> to proofread, though.

This is probably because another format they offer basically consists
of those HTML files sitting (or not) within a handy frameset. This way
they get to keep the different formats consistent...or at least one
sincerely hopes they do.

That said, I have wondered about whether there might be mileage in the
TiddlyWiki format[1], or maybe something like the current frameset
approach but using a single HTML file and CSS for switching. I suppose
it all depends on whether you like loading up more than a megabyte of
HTML any time you want to read your book...

HTH HAND
-- 
Phil
[1] <http://www.tiddlywiki.com/> with extensive explanations at
<http://www.tiddlywiki.org/>