Kindle Previewer puzzle
This morning I wanted to make a quick MOBI of a project, so I dragged its EPUB over Kindle Previewer, with Settings on iPad (where I had left it when I used Previewer last): And this is what I saw at the…Continue Reading →
This morning I wanted to make a quick MOBI of a project, so I dragged its EPUB over Kindle Previewer, with Settings on iPad (where I had left it when I used Previewer last): And this is what I saw at the…Continue Reading →
I’m evaluating an EPUB project that is seemingly pretty straightforward, if long. It’s a dictionary, 1700 pages, 85,000+ entries. In looking through the pages, I realized that all those diacriticals that help pronunciation, including popular items like the schwa, the bilabial implosive,…Continue Reading →
Who Cares How You Read? Just Read. I saw this headline and said Amen. I’ve never thought the container matters so much as what’s being contained. I certainly enjoy beautiful book design; I just bought Patty Smith’s new memoir (M Train)…Continue Reading →
If you work on a Mac running OS X 10.11 El Capitan (or have just installed Kindle Previewer on an older Macintosh operating system), you might get an error when launching Previewer for the first time. In fact, you probably…Continue Reading →
New Nook Glowlight released (it’s waterproof) Barnes and Noble has released an updated Nook Glowlight. Nate Hoffelder barely got to use his new device before BN rolled out a software update. Read about the update and early impressions here. The…Continue Reading →
#eprdctn Hour: Adding read aloud content Ken Jones of CircularFlo led an interesting discussion about inserting read aloud features to Fixed Layout books. It’s a lot of hand work, but his product offers a solution. Adobe Max: Anne-Marie Concepción’s session on…Continue Reading →
Amazon has just released a new edition of their Kindle publishing guidelines, version 2015.3. Page 2 of the Guidelines contains a revision history. Briefly, there’s news about using KindleGen to create your mobi file; some updates to image guidelines, an…Continue Reading →
#eprdctn hour: An open roundtable https://storify.com/LauraB7/eprdctn-roundtable There was no set topic this week, so almost anything and everything about ebooks was discussed. Harry Potter: Another edition Pottermore has released new, iBooks-Author created versions of the series (available only on iBooks,…Continue Reading →
#eprdctn hour: XML Workflow Fact-filled hour with discussions of the hows and whys of the XML workflow, including how to get authors and editors on-board, how to edit XML-based InDesign files, MSWord considerations, and more. https://storify.com/KevinBNGO/xml-workflow EPUBCHECK 4 EpubCheck 4…Continue Reading →
Remember the Trojan Horse? The Greek army hides in a huge horse, and the horse is presented to the citizens of Troy as a gift. They bring the horse inside the city gates, the soldiers spill out, and the rest is…Continue Reading →