Ever wanted to treat the appearance of an ebook on a Paperwhite different from its appearance on a Kindle Fire? You’ll need to use media queries. Here’s a quick list of media queries to specify Kindle devices (and explanation of what…Continue Reading →
I’ve seen quite a few people on twitter asking approximately the same question: Has anyone encountered problems with video not working when testing .mobi files in the Kindle apps? #eprdctn — Charlie Stephenson (@crjs20) May 12, 2014 The best answer…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 →
Full Disclosure: I work on Creatavist, a for-profit product run by the makers of The Atavist. Initally I was hesitant to write this post but others in the community have found the docs a helpful resource and have encouraged me…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a series explaining how to generate an EPUB from InDesign. It’s meant for beginner InDesign/EPUB users, but other levels might learn something new as well. There comes a time in every print designer’s…Continue Reading →
One of the most common questions I get asked when people start making ebooks is “Do I really need to create two separate files? One for Kindle and another for everyone else?” And then they usually ask if it takes…Continue Reading →
There’s little more frustrating then hearing through a client that a reader is complaining about how a file looks on some device. And more often than not its some obscure Kobo or Android device. There are probably 25 e-readers on…Continue Reading →
It looks like Amazon has made a minor update to the Kindle Previewer, bumping its version from 2.92 to 2.921. Update is available by auto-updating the app or downloading it here. Seen anything different in the new version? Let us…Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Anthony Levings, who runs the SketchyTech blog. Today he has a look at the bumpy post-Sigil environment for EPUB creators. The Sigil editor was not used by everyone in the #eprdctn world and…Continue Reading →
It seems hard to believe, but sometimes I still come across ereader bugs that just make me really scratch my head. Here’s just one of them. Applying a width of 100% to the <body> element is a very common CSS…Continue Reading →