Keith Snyder (@noteon), author of recent epubsecrets post The Portuguese Case, hosted today’s #eprdctn hour. If you’re an ebook developer, check out this Storify summary of the session (assembled by @BookDesignGirl; thanks, Colleen Cunningham). There are lots of good ideas for…Continue Reading →
Tina Henderson led a discussion on iBooks Author, the Apple-only app for creating multitouch books. She provided lots of insight, wishes, hacks, and links to other valuable discussions and resources. Also covered: EPUB3 export from iBA. Read about it here:…Continue Reading →
It takes the most dogged of ebook developers to solve the toughest problems. This week, Keith Snyder proves his mettle as he solves a cross-device problem and then digs into a pesky swipe issue. “You come recommended,” he said. “Should be a straightforward…Continue Reading →
Steve Ingle of WordCo continues his deep dive into indexing for ebooks. He’s got insight into how he works, and why InDesign isn’t suited for his methodology. Publishing non-fiction books in digital form often presents one unique challenge that does…Continue Reading →
Here’s a timely piece by Justin Putney of Ajar Productions (the in5 developer). There’s an exciting demo (scroll down) and a request from Justin for ideas from developers to bring interactivity to InDesign and then to EPUB (there’s a link to a short…Continue Reading →
Today’s #eprdctn hour featured Diane Burns, Kris Vetter, and Laura Brady talking about two approaches to creating animation. Diane explained using InDesign CC, while Kris focused on CSS3 animations. Both had great insight and information. https://storify.com/KevinBNGO/animation-in-ebooks-indesign-and-css3-approaches#publicize Be sure to scroll to…Continue Reading →
This is the first installment in a 3-part series on Indexes in ebooks, written by Stephen Ingle, president of WordCo Indexing Services. We’ll publish the final 2 pieces over the next few weeks. Steve will also be a guest on #eprdctn hour on September…Continue Reading →
Colleen Cunningham (@BookDesignGirl) has done a lot (I mean a lot!) of R&D on semantic markup. Here’s the Storify session from today. Make sure you examine her examples closely. And, if you’re not clear on the meaning of semantics, Colleen…Continue Reading →
The EPUB community is spreading its social wings even further. There’s now a page on Instagram, where you’ll find images of beautiful (and not so beautiful) ebooks, some video, a pic or two of some #eprdctn folk doing what comes naturally…Continue Reading →
Today’s #eprdctn hour on Twitter was a great success. Lots of ideas, lots of participation. No surprise, though: all of the previous sessions have been rollicking. Today, Tzviya Siegman, Lead of Wiley Digital Book Standards & Capabilities, led a spirited discussion…Continue Reading →