There’s a lot of great articles on the web that relate to eBook production, but sometimes its hard to keep track of them all. ePubSecrets is going to try to change that by including a weekly round-up of great content…Continue Reading →
I know. I know. Why would you want to print a digital file? And yet its one of the first questions you might hear. And it makes sense: editors, proofreaders, and copy editors can all benefit from a print edition…Continue Reading →
We’ve got some exciting changes happening here at ePubSecrets. First, Hi! My name is Derrick. I wrote a guest post last week. This week I’m excited to announce I’m joining ePubSecrets as an editor. When I started getting deep into…Continue Reading →
[This tip is written by guest contributor Derrick Schultz. More about Derrick at the end. —AMC] Common typographic details that are easily solved in InDesign can be a big hassle in eBook production. One such detail is the handling of…Continue Reading →
Jason Boog at GalleyCat has collected links to the publishing and marketing guidelines for most of the major self-publishing outlets in his post “Free eBook Formatting & Marketing Guides for Writers.” The post includes links to Smashwords, Amazon Kindle, Barnes &…Continue Reading →
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…Continue Reading →
Today is the start of Digital Book World 2013. This is the first of the annual digital publishing conference each year. The first day of the conference is devoted to pre-conference workshops, and one workshop that should be of special…Continue Reading →
A new version of the Kindle/Mobi Decoder, including Python script and AppleScript versions if available here. The links in the very first post will take you to the most recent version of both scripts. Do you use MobiUnpack? What…Continue Reading →
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…Continue Reading →
Not to be outdone by Apple’s release of updates to iBooks and iBooks Author, the Amazon Kindle Publishing Team announced today the release of KindleGen 2.7 and Kindle Preview 2.7. Here is what we get in the update: The updated…Continue Reading →