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Topic: E-Marketing

Comments On Ibooks

Posted by Anonymous on 8/16/2005 at 1:50 PM ET 125 Points
My company has been receiving a lot of xxxx for ibooks (.exe files).

Does anyone have background and comments? Costly? Effective? Limitations? (for example, many of our website visitors still have problems with pdf files - I think an .exe file will be more confusing).
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  • Posted by Inbox_Interactive on 8/16/2005 at 3:27 PM Member
    I find it hard to believe that anyone would click a link to an .exe file. That just seems like playing Russian Roulette nowadays.

    I know nothing about ibooks. Is this how they are delivered?

  • Posted on 8/16/2005 at 4:18 PM Author
    Sorry, they're called ibrochures. One site is offering them as executable files but I did find another that offers pdf.

    I still don't "get" why they are so different.
  • Posted on 8/16/2005 at 5:43 PM Author
    Let me clarify. I know what exe and pdf files are.

    I'm unsure what ibrochures are and am seeking comments on value, usage, limitations, format and accessability.

  • Posted by Carl Crawford on 8/17/2005 at 9:04 AM Accepted
    You can put 3d views into macromedia "flash paper" (i think) it is just like a PDF but has more flexibility and smaller files sizes.

    https://www.macromedia.com/software/flashpaper/


    You can include video in PDF , but acrobat 7 pro costs a ton of money.

    https://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/main.html


    You might as well just put it in to a flash presentation most people have flash installed. If you get www.openoffice.org you can make flash for free!!! It can turn power point presentations in to flash.
  • Posted on 8/17/2005 at 4:33 PM Author
    Thank you to everyone.

    A marketing agency is billing the ibrochure as accessible through web, email, CD.

    Reviewing responses - I do not think this is a good medium for us at this time. We already create our own .exe for CDs; flash for web; and do not use our email lists for distributing literature. (We're a small medical company).

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