Kristin Brodeur tells how she won the ebookcraft challenge Starting in 2016, the ebookcraft conference has included an ebook design challenge, “So You Think You Can Code.” In 2017, the winner was Kristin Brodeur of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In this…Continue Reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of the EPUBSecrets link post, where we curate the top stories related to digital publishing. Outdated tech trove keeps digital archives alive (RNZ) My Internet Mea Culpa (Rick Webb) Seven Awful DRM Moments from the Year…Continue Reading →
I have been thinking lately about how different my habits as an ebook developer are now than they were one, two, or five years ago. And about how that evolution is absolutely about working toward making better ebooks. I can…Continue Reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of the EPUBSecrets link post, where we curate the top stories related to digital publishing. Out of the Loop (Slate) Google Storyboard turns your videos into comic strips (TNW) Colorblindness and Web Development (Alex Clarke) What…Continue Reading →
It is standard practice in digital publishing to describe images in the ALT text. When the description text is long or needs markup, and extended long description should be used. Until very recently, techniques like aria-describedby were common and recommended….Continue Reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of the EPUBSecrets link post, where we curate the top stories related to digital publishing. Could a Single Copyright Complaint Kill Your Domain? (Torrent Freak) ‘Bad Sex In Fiction’ Award Goes To Novelist Who Compared Skin…Continue Reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of the EPUBSecrets link post, where we curate the top stories related to digital publishing. An Unsolicited Great Idea for Your Next Book (New Yorker) Interactive marginalia ((Liza Daly) How to Disable Links (CSS-Tricks) On Accidentally…Continue Reading →
The slow adoption of EPUB 3 was a major thread to come out of the Publishing Summit at W3C’s TPAC, even though it was recommended in October 2011. I have been trying to puzzle out why it hasn’t been more…Continue Reading →
This is a guest post from Tzviya Siegman, co-chair of the W3C Publishing Working Group. epubcheck needs you Do you use epubcheck? Most developers who have even thought about EPUB rely heavily on epubcheck, the open source validation tool for EPUB….Continue Reading →
Welcome to the latest installment of the EPUBSecrets link post, where we curate the top stories related to digital publishing. Digital Publishers Find Shared Purpose at W3C Publishing Summit (PW) Micro-aggregators in Africa rise to meet growing demand from authors (TNPS)…Continue Reading →