Home

New Create Index for ePub Script

Posted by Matthew | On: Jan 15 2013 | Comments (2)
  Ben Milander has released a new Javascript called Create Index for ePub that will help you create a clickable index for EPUB files. Given the difficulty of creating a linked index when exporting from InDesign, this script may be valuable to many. Here are...

iBooks 3.0 and iBooks Author 2.0: First Reactions

Posted by Matthew | On: Oct 25 2012 | Comments (7)
While there was only about three minutes of the October 23, 2012 Apple event dedicated to iBooks and the updates to iBooks and iBooks Author (you can watch those three minutes on CNET here ), it was enough to create a stir in the #ePrdctn/eBook creator community....

Update to EPUBCheck

Posted by Matthew | On: Oct 22 2012 | Comments (4)
The IDPF released a new version of EPUBCheck, their EPUB validation tool. This version continues to validate both EPUB 2.0.1 and EPUB 3.0. The new verison is 3.0-RC-1. You can download the code.google.com here. I have also uploaded the file to the EPUBSecrets...

iBooks 3.0 with EPUB 3 support coming Tuesday?

Posted by Matthew | On: Oct 22 2012 | Comments (1)
This weekend, Nate Hoffelder (@thDigitalReader) of The Digital Reader posted “iBooks 3.0 Coming Next Week – Adds More Support for Epub3” tracking clues that the Apple press event on October 23 will not only include an announcement of the iPad Mini but also...

MathML Support in EPUB Reading Systems

Posted by Matthew | On: Sep 04 2012 | Comments (0)
If EPUBs are to serve as textbooks for mathematics and science, or if they are even to convey ideas from these fields, it is important that they can properly display complex mathematic equations and scientific formulas. On Websites and in digital formats, this...

Reviewing EPUB Myths

Posted by Matthew | On: Aug 31 2012 | Comments (17)
  On August 22, Aptara (@aptara) hosted a Webinar titled “eBook & App Device Compatibility: Separating Fact from Fiction” with Joshua Tallent (@jtallent), CEO and Founder of eBook Architects, and Jean Kaplansky (@JeanKaplansky), a Solutions Architect...

EPUB Conferences for 2013

Posted by Matthew | On: Aug 31 2012 | Comments (1)
Hopefully you are still in your budgeting process for 2013 or have already earmarked money for 2013 travel and conferences because two big opportunities to learn about EPUB creation and production have opened their online registration.   Digital Book World...

EPUB InDesign Scripts

Posted by Matthew | On: Jun 14 2012 | Comments (5)
At PePcon 2012, Anne-Marie Concepcion (@amarie) led a session on “Top Scripts and Resources for EPUB.” In #ePrdctn Hour on Twitter June 13 (it happens every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. EST) one of them, Kris Coppieters’s script for converting InDesign page...

Downloading the Readium Chrome Extension

Posted by Matthew | On: Jun 12 2012 | Comments (1)
I am a big fan of what the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) is creating with their Readium EPUB reader. Each new version they release is better than the last, and Readium is close to supporting the entire EPUB 3.0 specification. I used Readium in a...

EPUB 3 Support Grid and ADE Update

Posted by Matthew | On: Jun 11 2012 | Comments (1)
Lots of new releases and updates for EPUBs and EPUB creators.   BISG EPUB 3.0 Support Grid The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has released their EPUB 3.0 Support Grid which shows how various eReaders and eBook software support the new spec . It is a great...