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 →
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 →
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 →