James Mcilwraith Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Hello Is there any likelihood of publishing the Affinity Workbooks on Kindle? I find e-books as reference books are generally much more useful, and significantly more portable, than the dead tree versions. I've watched all of the tutorial videos, which have been extremely useful, thank you, and I am keen to find out more. As an alternative, what do people recommend as the best e-book references for Affinity. Kindle, iBook or any other format. regards James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, James Mcilwraith said: Is there any likelihood of publishing the Affinity Workbooks on Kindle? I find e-books as reference books are generally much more useful, and significantly more portable, than the dead tree versions. Serif have previously said they have no plans for ebook versions of the workbooks. James Mcilwraith 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I have the Publisher Workbook and can tell you that it's hard to map the information onto a Kindle as you can with a print medium. And if you have questions, the help function often offers a quick solution. James Mcilwraith 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi_CostaRica Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 It is a pity that there is no e-book version of these books. I travel a lot and would be happy if this series of books were available in a digital version, so I could just put them on my computer. Taking them with me on flights is almost impossible because of luggage weight restrictions 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi_CostaRica Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 An other question. What is the current version of the Affinity Publisher Workbook. Is there an update planned for the changes in Publisher version 1.10? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 The workbooks are quite complex and contain many examples and additional information. This layout could not be displayed on a Kindel or other e-book reader without loss of information. And then there is also the human factor that has to leyout these e-books, which do not fall from the sky for free. The expected returns would not compensate for the capital investment. Ask Adobe if they would make an e-book compendium of their programmes. The shareholders will think you're crazy. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mcilwraith Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, Komatös said: The workbooks are quite complex and contain many examples and additional information. This layout could not be displayed on a Kindel or other e-book reader without loss of information. And then there is also the human factor that has to leyout these e-books, which do not fall from the sky for free. The expected returns would not compensate for the capital investment. Ask Adobe if they would make an e-book compendium of their programmes. The shareholders will think you're crazy. As the books are produced digitally before the dead trees get involved, it seems rather hard to swallow your argument that they are too complicated for digital publication. I would presume that a PDF version is just an "Export" click away. Adobe already offer their "classroom in a book" series of training books in Kindle, Epub etc so your comments about them are also misplaced. Having a paper version of a digital product seems very backward to me. A bit like Amazon delivering your 1 hour delivery by horse and cart.. kfriis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 You will not see all the informations on a Kindle or whatever. And yes, I forgott, Clasrooms in a book. But on an Kindle there is the same situation, you'll not see all the information. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mcilwraith Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Komatös said: You will not see all the informations on a Kindle or whatever. And yes, I forgott, Clasrooms in a book. But on an Kindle there is the same situation, you'll not see all the information. We might be slightly talking at cross purposes. I agree that the book wouldn't be much good on a Kindle White e-reader. I am imagining a full colour e-book on my Mac whilst I follow the examples on screen. Komatös 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 @James Mcilwraith Yes indeed, it makes more sense on a larger screen. In that respect we are not far apart. For those who like it clear, I recommend video tutorials anyway; here, for example, for the publisher:https://affin.co/PublisherTutorials James Mcilwraith 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, Komatös said: For those who like it clear, I recommend video tutorials anyway; here, for example, for the publisher:https://affin.co/PublisherTutorials The tutorials are horrible on any normal size screen. I would much rather have an ebook where I can actually see the examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, LibreTraining said: The tutorials are horrible on any normal size screen. I would much rather have an ebook where I can actually see the examples. It's a good thing that one can argue about taste and preferences. 😜 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mcilwraith Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, Komatös said: @James Mcilwraith Yes indeed, it makes more sense on a larger screen. In that respect we are not far apart. For those who like it clear, I recommend video tutorials anyway; here, for example, for the publisher:https://affin.co/PublisherTutorials Yes the tutorial are very helpful, I have watched all of them since starting with Affinity earlier this year. Komatös 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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