The Mikado Method book is being published at Manning. At the moment it is in the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) during which you can buy the book and read the chapters as they are produced and published.
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Brilliant book.
I’d love to take it with me on my Sony Reader, but there are a few issuens…
Everything’s ok on the smallest ‘zoom’ level, but that means that the text is tiny!
I can soom in, but that involves ‘re-flowing’ the page.
Unfortunately, the last words on each line get split incorrectly.
I.e. the line ending “as they often do, there usually comes a time” gets split: “as they often d” and “o, there usually comes a time”.
Anything you might be able to fix?
Another great alternative would be to have an EPUB version – which is *much* better for ebook readers!
Thanks for contributing such a great idea / book.
Hi David,
Thank you for the kind words about the book!
I tried to convert the PDF to EPUB using Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/download), but the outcome was not that pleasing.
It was my first go, so perhaps there are settings that will make it look better, so we’ll have to investigate a bit further.
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Maybe add a footnote in the introduction for greenfield and brownfield? I know that I hadn’t heard these terms until recently and I would suppose others would be confused by them as well.
Thanks for your feedback!
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