You can upload attachments to the "files" area and then link to them from within a book. You can also include links to external sites in the text of a book. Is this what you need or do you have something else in mind?
If you want to create book-like course, treat books as chapters.
Example course layout:
section 1
section 2
I do not want to add any new complex features to Book module. It would make it too much complicated for new users
IMO advanced course creators should use offline tools and SCORM module.
skodak
Example course layout:
section 1
(Resource) Chapter 1 intro - 1 page
(Book) Chapter 1 - 17 pages
(Resource) Attached files nad links
(Quiz) Tests for chapter 1
(Book) Chapter 1 - 17 pages
(Resource) Attached files nad links
(Quiz) Tests for chapter 1
section 2
(Resource) Chapter 2 intro - 1 page
(Book) Chapter 2 - 15 pages
(Glossary) Some glossary for chapter 2
(Resource) Attached files nad links
(Quiz) Tests for chapter 2
etc.(Book) Chapter 2 - 15 pages
(Glossary) Some glossary for chapter 2
(Resource) Attached files nad links
(Quiz) Tests for chapter 2
I do not want to add any new complex features to Book module. It would make it too much complicated for new users
skodak
Here is an example of including resources like Prz... mentioned above. The "tools" links area is a table with the links to all of the extraneous files that are referred to in the book. The idea being that these resources are available throughout the entire book. These are files that have been uploaded to the course files and linked to from the html editor. The nice thing about this is that if you ever backup or restore the course, these links will all be updated automatically. (I call it the Tools Folder because I also add these links to the topic section as a directory(folder).
Very nice! 