EPUB Links
#eprdctn Hour: Adding read aloud content
Ken Jones of CircularFlo led an interesting discussion about inserting read aloud features to Fixed Layout books. It’s a lot of hand work, but his product offers a solution.
Adobe Max: Anne-Marie Concepción’s session on Fixed-layout from InDesign
View it here. As always, Anne-Marie makes book-making a pleasure.
Joshua Tallent on ebook copyright pages
Joshua Tallent, of Firebrand Technologies, writes on frontmatter in ebooks, specifically copyright pages. What should go on the copyright page? How about the ISBN? He also provides ISBN-specific metadata.
New Nook app
Barnes and Noble has released an update to the Nook app. All kinds of interesting features for readers, but what about the actual reading system? Have they built an EPUB3-reading app?
Kindle Publishing Guidelines updated
In case you missed the link earlier in the week, Amazon has released an update to the Kindle Publishing Guidelines.