An Italian Odyssey [Paid] 2013-08-15

jirit

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• Aug 15, 2013

• #1

jirit submitted a new resource:

An Italian Odyssey - One Couple’s Culinary & Cultural Pilgrimage through Italy

An Italian Odyssey is a story about a midlife couple who embarks on a great adventure — walking 1,000 km on the Via Francigena, an ancient, elusive medieval pilgrim trail through the heart of Italy.

Historically, the Via Francigena was a broad network of trails originating in ancient Francia, an ever-changing backbone of Roman and medieval roads leading to Rome. Today, unlike the Camino de Santiago in Spain, only a few hundred people have walked the entire Via Francigena through Italy during...

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jirit

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• Oct 25, 2013

• #2

With the release of Apple's new operating system Maverick is now possible to download and read interactive eBooks.

Therefore I am pleased to announce that my book, An Italian Odyssey, is now available for Apple Mac platform.

Once you upgrade to Maverick, you can simply access the ibook store through ibooks download An Italian Odyssey directly to your Mac. If you have previously purchased An Italian Odyssey, it is possible to sync your iPad to your Apple Mac.

All the same interactive functionality that is available on the iPad is also available on the ibook for Mac version.

 

Last edited: Jan 24, 2014

jirit

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Camino Frances 2007,
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Camino Frances 2011,
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Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Jan 24, 2014

• #3

To celebrate the "birth" of my new book...

I am offering a special price on the Amazon kindle and Apple interactive ibook editions of An Italian Odyssey.

 

jirit

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Camino Frances 2007,
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Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
Le Puy to Lourdes 2012,
Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Apr 19, 2014

• #4

Please note: I am offering an Easter weekend special - "free" until Monday April 21!

You will need either a iPad or Mac with ibooks to correctly view this interactive ebook.

 

wayfarer

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• Apr 19, 2014

• #5

Will your books be available for android devices, for us poor pilgrims in Europe.

 

jirit

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Camino Frances 2007,
Via Francigena Italy, 2008,
Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
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Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Apr 19, 2014

• #6

As far as the interactive versions, sadly no. The technology used to make the interactive versions is Apple's software and it only works on the iPad and Mac iOS.

Maybe one day, Google which owns android, will update both the devices and produce their own software tools to allow authors to create interactive eBooks for the android.