Full Disclosure: I work on Creatavist, a for-profit product run by the makers of The Atavist. Initally I was hesitant to write this post but others in the community have found the docs a helpful resource and have encouraged me…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a series explaining how to generate an EPUB from InDesign. It’s meant for beginner InDesign/EPUB users, but other levels might learn something new as well. There comes a time in every print designer’s…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Ebook, e-book, or eBook? I’m certainly guilty of using the latter. Today’s guest post from Laura Brady looks at the words and acronyms we use (and shouldn’t use). The ePub world is full of confusing lingo that developers flippantly…Continue Reading →
One of the most common questions I get asked when people start making ebooks is “Do I really need to create two separate files? One for Kindle and another for everyone else?” And then they usually ask if it takes…Continue Reading →
There’s little more frustrating then hearing through a client that a reader is complaining about how a file looks on some device. And more often than not its some obscure Kobo or Android device. There are probably 25 e-readers on…Continue Reading →
Derrick SchultzApril 7, 2014EPUB, Kindle, SECRETS, ToolsComments Off on Minor Update to Kindle Previewer
It looks like Amazon has made a minor update to the Kindle Previewer, bumping its version from 2.92 to 2.921. Update is available by auto-updating the app or downloading it here. Seen anything different in the new version? Let us…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Anthony Levings, who runs the SketchyTech blog. Today he has a look at the bumpy post-Sigil environment for EPUB creators. The Sigil editor was not used by everyone in the #eprdctn world and…Continue Reading →
It seems hard to believe, but sometimes I still come across ereader bugs that just make me really scratch my head. Here’s just one of them. Applying a width of 100% to the <body> element is a very common CSS…Continue Reading →