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Category Archives: eBooks
Demystifying ePub3
The new ePub3 format is talked about a great deal on the Internet, but aside from a short list of new features and capabilities, frustratingly little information is actually given about it. eReader manufacturers have barely begun to implement fragments … Continue reading
Recent Publishing News Recap from TheWorldsGreatestBook.com
Self-publishing has seen a host of new eBook technologies announced in recent days. Moves to apply sales tax to digital downloads will soon impact publishers’ pricing and revenue models. Amazon’s announcement of new tools and support for new features in … Continue reading
iBooks Author – Apple Introduces Easy eBooks with One Big Condition
IBooks Author is Apple’s new eBook publishing application, a drag-and-drop tool that allows publishers to create interactive books without having to write code. From Apple: Available free on the Mac App store, iBooks Author is an amazing new app that … Continue reading
KF8 EBook Tools and Documents Released by Amazon
Amazon has released early tools and documents for producing ebooks in the new KF8 format. A more thorough tutorial on KF8 will follow in an upcoming post, but here are links to Amazon’s KF8 tools and documents along with links … Continue reading
Azardi Offers ePub3 EBooks Today
Azardi brings ePub3 eBooks to the desktop—today. Publishers wishing to experiment with new technologies can now develop eBooks that contain animation, interactivity, audio, video and other content not available in standard eBooks. Infogrid Pacific has just released Azardi version 7, … Continue reading
The Baker EBook Framework – EBooks as iPad Apps
Baker is an HTML5 eBook Framework for publishing books on the Apple iPad using open web standards. It’s opensource, BSD license (which pretty much means it’s free to do anything you want with it except resell it). Baker is also working on an HTML5-based HPub format similar to the ePub documents used for a variety of eBooks. Continue reading
Why Flash Is Not Dead and What That Means for Publishers
Flash has been one of my favorite tools for over a decade so I was concerned when Adobe announced it will no longer continue to develop its Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers. Flash developers are up in arms. Adobe’s … Continue reading
KF8 and ePub3: New Standards for EBooks
Things are about to get interesting for readers, designers and the eBook publishing business as new formats bring enhanced formatting and interactivity to eBooks. Amazon has just announced a new KF8 (Kindle Format 8) format. The KF8 format replaces Amazon’s … Continue reading
Kindle Fire vs. iPad – An Apple User Bets on Amazon
Kindle Fire or Apple Ipad? I’ve read plenty of buzz about how Amazon’s new technology compares to Apple’s, but discussing the relative prices and values of here-today-gone-tomorrow electronic devices misses the point. At stake are important personal freedoms and the … Continue reading
