Chad Chelius is back with what has to be one of the fastest turnarounds in script development. Last week’s scrollable-sidebar for fixed-layout EPUB3 and Publish Online is now a script. Last week, I wrote up a post on EPUBSecrets.com describing a…Continue Reading →
Page List — an ebooks’s cross-reference to the print edition’s pagination — is an EPUB3 standard, but it’s a bear to implement coming from an InDesign workflow. Laura Brady (@LauraB7) of Brady Type introduces a time-saving pair of scripts from…Continue Reading →
Steve Ingle of WordCo completes his deep dive into indexing for ebooks. Steve will take part in #eprdctn hour on Twitter next Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 11AM (EST). If you miss it, see the Resources page for the Storify compilation….Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
If you’re reading this blog, you already know that EPUB has its secrets and mysteries. Implementation of EPUB3 (and 2) and KF8 might be ornery and hard to wrangle, but there are lots of developers and designers who are eager…Continue Reading →
I worked on a large conversion project recently, creating EPUB files out of almost 200 RTF files. I needed to move them out very quickly so I invested a little time in figure out the most efficient means to a…Continue Reading →
Three years ago, Adobe released InDesign CS5.5 with a new export option…EPUB. At that time, I made a bold decision to start my own ebook conversion company SO&SO Co LLC. I was already part of the InDesign community, but then…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Ebook, e-book, or eBook? I’m certainly guilty of using the latter. Today’s guest post from Laura Brady looks at the words and acronyms we use (and shouldn’t use). The ePub world is full of confusing lingo that developers flippantly…Continue Reading →