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On Nov 29, 2007 8:52 AM, Rob Hudson <caveat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For example, within a section about using a thumbdrive you might, as
> Dave suggests, add a small box on the page with "top ten things to do
> with a thumb drive."

That's a good idea!  I did something like this, adding in "Tips"
sections, which interrupting the text saying things like, "For more on
how to do blah blah, visit [link here]."  The only bad part about that
is that you can't click on books and typing URLs from a book is the
pits.  (Wherever possible I created a TinyURL-like redirect for long
links.)

One less than great thing about the book's template is that the
"sidebars" aren't actually on the side at all;  they're colored
differently but they interrupt the text entirely and stretch across
the page.  This book will actually be physically smaller than the
first one, so it's easier to throw into a backpack and more compact to
carry around.

> This might get around the requirement to keep the book from getting
> *too* advanced by subordinating the advanced portions to callouts with
> links to the site.

Definitely!  My editor advised me not to include TOO many "see more at
the web site" notes, because they can get distracting to a reader
curled up with the book not in front of a computer, but I will
recommend reading the book near a computer in the introduction.



> On Nov 29, 2007 9:54 AM, comedy writer <dave.walbri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     In addition to an appendix, why not add some short lists -- like
> > top ten things to do with a thumb drive? Or Ways to jump -start your
> > morning?
> >
> > Dave
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Rob Hudson
> PhD Student, Technical Comm. and Rhetoric
> Composition Assessment Software Developer
> Texas Tech University
> www.iteachwriting.com
>
>
> >
>



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