CD-ROM PUBLISHING
07-Jun-93 21:33:56
Sb: #49914-CD-ROM PUBLISHING
Fm: Rich Bowers/OPA 71333,1114
To: Sanjay 100135,272
Sanjay:
Inmagic will be on the next iteration of our list, and they do have software
(as do a couple of others) which would do what you want.
>>And as far as the number of pages is concerned, surely if a CD-ROM can take
100,000 pages of plain text, it will easily take 400 pages of graphic images.
Wouldn't it?<<
My remarks were not questioning the technical possibility of the kind of
project you described. Certainly it is do-able. My question related to the
wisdom of undertaking such a project from a marketing perspective. Just
because it can be done, doesn't mean it should be done. Will it save you lots
of money? Have your customers been clamoring to read reproduced pages on a
computer screen? What is the rationale for doing this? If a rationale seems
difficult to generate, maybe it is appropriate to re-think the product concept.
A concept that works well on paper, may not necessarily work so well on CDROM,
and vice-versa.
All I'm suggsting is that the technology be put to its highest and best use for
both the producer and the customer. And if your employer wants to take
advantage of new technologies, they might want to re-examine their business
strategies.
FWIW. – Rich Bowers