Recently I led a webinar for Digital Book World on producing Books on the Web. It’s gotten a decent enough response that I thought it would be beneficial to publish some excerpts of it here as well. The first part…Continue Reading →
If you’ve been playing around with InDesign’s FXL export, you know it allows for a huge amount of interactivity with almost no hand coding. There’s just one thing they missed in the export option. When you tap on an element…Continue Reading →
Recently I led a webinar for Digital Book World on producing Books on the Web. It’s gotten a decent enough response that I thought it would be beneficial to publish some excerpts of it here as well. You can find…Continue Reading →
Prior to OS X Yosemite, Apple had a standalone app called Book Proofer that EPUB producers could use to test EPUB files on iOS Devices. Since Yosemite, however, the Book Proofer app has had issues syncing with iOS. Today with…Continue Reading →
Apple’s newest OS X release, Yosemite, seems to be breaking Kindle Previewer. Here’s how to fix it. Install Java Download the Apple supported version of Java here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Install xQuartz Install xQuartz from here: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/ Once both of these applications are installed you…Continue Reading →
Apple’s iOS 8 operating system was released a few weeks ago, and with it comes improvements to iBooks. Here’s a quick rundown of some enhancements to keep in mind with the new app.
If you’re in New York I’ll be speaking on the panel for the Art of Ebook event at the Type Directors Club on October 9. Joining me will be EPUBSecrets contributor Tina Henderson and the always inspiring Peter Meyers….Continue Reading →
In Part 1, we looked at installing Dropbox on iOS for file testing. In Part 2, we’ll look at Dropbox on Android. Time to tackle getting Dropbox on your Android tablets. While on some devices, this is just as easy…Continue Reading →
I’ll be speaking at Books in Browsers this year. Books in Browsers was one of the first book-focused conferences that really grabbed my attention, and I’m delighted to be speaking. This year is actually the first time the focus is…Continue Reading →
One of my favorite tricks to testing files across a lot of devices is using Dropbox, a common app that syncs files across multiple devices and computers. Today starts a little series on using Dropbox to make file testing less painful….Continue Reading →