Adobe has announced the release of InDesign CS6 today, making this the first day that beta testers can officially post on the update. Some Adobe friendly sites already have news and reviews on the new release. If you use InDesign…Continue Reading →
There have been a number of great posts with ePUB creation tips lately. Here are four that offer help for creating better ePUBs. Centering Text You would think centering text in an ePUB would be a simple matter, but the…Continue Reading →
Infogrid Pacific has announced the alpha release of AZARDI Online (AZARDI OL), their online ePUB3 reader. AZARDI OL specs describe three new features, including: Support for SMIL Audio Overlays for the first time, so you can create the read-aloud function while…Continue Reading →
While the ePUB 3.0 specification was finalized in IDPF on October 11, 2011, the working group continues to work on various modules that may eventually be added to the ePUB 3.0 spec. One of these is CSS Page Templates, with…Continue Reading →
If you need to create fixed-layout ePUBs for iBooks, there are a number of resources available for doing so. First, take a look at the iBookstore Asset Guide for Apple’s current specification. This week Anne-Marie Concepcion (@amarie) released her new…Continue Reading →
O’Reilly’s Tools of Change for Publishing 2012 continues through Wednesday, February 15. O’Reilly will continue to offer a live streaming video feed and also have recorded videos available for viewing. O’Reilly has also made presenters’ slide decks and videos of their…Continue Reading →
There are a couple links to new posts this week I want to share with everyone. Both should help you create better ePUBs. InDesign CS5.5 to ePUB Workflow One is from Colleen Cunningham (@BookDesignGirl) at Adams Media. She shares an image of…Continue Reading →
This week, Elizabeth Castro released a new ePUB miniguide, From InDesign CS5.5 to ePUB and Kindle. This is the fourth miniguide that Castro has done that builds on her first ePUB instructional manual, ePUB: Straight to the Point. From InDesign…Continue Reading →
There has as been a lot a talk at #ePrdctn Hour recently about font embedding and font obfuscation/mangling. I wanted to provide some resources in case anyone is struggling with the same issues. Embedding Fonts Liza Daley has a great…Continue Reading →
With the recent unanimous vote to elevate by the IDPF membership elevate EPUB 3.0 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification, the ePUB 3.0 specificationis now final (or as final as it can get before HTML5 is final). This means that in the…Continue Reading →