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Well Hung: Poetry, Ebooks, and Indents, Part Two
This is a guest post from Chris Wait (@cdwait), who is Ebooks Manager at New Directions Publishing, where he digitizes all the books. This is the second of a two-part series on digital poetry and...
View ArticleDemystifying Python
This is a guest post from Franco A. Alvarado is a freelance ebook developer and a project manager at a Boston-based academic publisher. Maybe you’ve seen this script before: import re i = 0 def...
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Prepping an InDesign File for EPUB
This is part of a series of posts aimed at people who are new to ebook development, or people whose work touches on ebooks but for whom this world is a bit mystifying. Please feel free to suggest blog...
View ArticleAccessibility in Ebooks: Some Resources
In an attempt to make my work a little easier, I have a file that I update frequently with links and resources about ebook accessibility. I share it here with you but on the explicit premise that if...
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Fixed-layout EPUB3: Accessibility Made Possible (in a Rather Unconventional Way)
This is a guest post from Paolo Albert. Fixed-layout: the kryptonite to a11y A couple of years ago I was invited to a round table with the Publisher’s Italian Association to introduce our software...
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So You Think You Can Code: 2017 Edition
Kristin Brodeur tells how she won the ebookcraft challenge Starting in 2016, the ebookcraft conference has included an ebook design challenge, “So You Think You Can Code.” In 2017, the winner was...
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Why I Use Page List, and How
Robust navigation is a hallmark of EPUB3. Along with the reading system table of contents and the inside-the-book contents, Landmarks and Page List add value and functionality. They’re simple additions...
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User Experience: What Works, and How?
The #eprdctn hour on Wednesday, February 21 was a one-week-late valentine to our readers: ebook developers talking about how we make the most user-friendly ebooks we can. There were lots of ideas and...
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Ebook Design Is Not an Oxymoron
Let’s talk for a moment about what an oxymoron is. It is a figure of speech in which one or two words that seemingly contradict one another appear side by side. Oxys means sharp, and moronos means dull...
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InDesign Guide to Digital Publications – EPUB 3 and HTML5
This is a guest post from Felipe Santos from Dualpixel Digital, in Brazil. He helps designers, editors, authors and digital enthusiasts (EPUB 3, HTML5, and apps) to produce and publish content...
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