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 →
On January 31, 2012, the IDPF member groups approved the charter for a working group to add indexes support to ePUB. The EPUB 3 Indexes Charter has been released and is available on the IDPF Website and on code.google. You can also follow 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 →
On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Jan Wright (@WIndexing) was a guest during #ePrdctn Hour on Twitter. Wright is the owner of Wright Information Indexing Services and has been indexing and taxonomizing since 1991. She is currently co-chairing the ASI’s Digital Trends Task Force,…Continue Reading →
When the ePUB 3.0 specificationwas approved in October 2011, it was somewhat surprising and certainly disappointing to many ePUB creators that there was nothing in the spec for the creation of fixed-layout ePUBs. Apple’s fixed-layout ePUB has been very popular…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 →
In case you did not know, O’Reilly Media’s annual Tools of Change for Publishing 2012 started today with a series of workshops in New York City. If you have never been to Tools of Change or TOC, it is like…Continue Reading →
Liz Castro has a great post on her Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis blog titled “Multiple Indents.” The post is related to a discussion on Twitter at #ePrdctn with Natasha Fondren (@ebookartisans) on how to ensure that poetic indents will work accurately…Continue Reading →