Hey EPUBSecrets readers. We have news. Laura Brady is going to manage the content here on EPUBSecrets. Laura is an EPUB-er from way back and will bring that long history (of complaining about ebooks) here. From Laura: I am so…Continue Reading →
I just did some trouble-shooting on an EPUB exported from InDesign, with InDesign writing the CSS. Images appeared fine on iBooks, but were distorted on the Kindle platform. I dug into the EPUB, and found this CSS for the image:…Continue Reading →
Amazon has released a new version of Kindle Previewer, the tool many developers use to convert EPUBs to MOBIs. It’s available for Windows and Mac OS. Since it’s still in Beta, I won’t replace my existing Kindle Previewer version (2.941). Here’s…Continue Reading →
Why do I dig into the HTML and CSS after an InDesign export? Well, because of oddities like the following. CSS not called out in cover.xhtml, toc.xhtml I noticed that the InDesign-generated toc.xhtml (top) and cover.xhtml (bottom) do not have…Continue Reading →
I’ve been seeing conversations on Twitter recently about some folks exporting EPUB2 files from InDesign. When asked why, those EPUB2-ers cite the Nook, which doesn’t support EPUB3. There’s no reason to export EPUB2 just because the Nook asks for it….Continue Reading →
PePcon 2016 PePcon — The Print + ePublishing Conference — will be in San Diego from June 5–8, 2016. From now until December, you can sign up and save $200. Use code BFRI. #eprdctn hour This past Wednesday saw a Dumb Question Amnesty hour…Continue Reading →
Chad Chelius is back with what has to be one of the fastest turnarounds in script development. Last week’s scrollable-sidebar for fixed-layout EPUB3 and Publish Online is now a script. Last week, I wrote up a post on EPUBSecrets.com describing a…Continue Reading →
Professional development for #eprdctn developers This week’s #eprdctn hour was all about what we read, where we go for advice, how we cope. And don’t forget: you can suggest a topic for an upcoming #eprdctn hour, or offer to host one…Continue Reading →
At the InDesign Conference in Denver last month, Chad Chelius demonstrated how to add a scrolling sidebar to the Fixed-Layout EPUB exported from InDesign. This is one of my favorite iBooks Author widgets – it allows for a practically unlimited amount…Continue Reading →
After a couple of weeks without a roundup, we have an abundance of reading, ideas, tools, and conference news. Let’s get to it! ebook Frontmatter, Including Page List Joshua Tallent continues his series on best practices for formatting frontmatter. His…Continue Reading →