Friday, September 10, 2010
TOC Combined Feed : Tools of Change for Publishing says:
Although the DRM-free EPUB files in our ebook bundles are compatible with many reading systems for print disabled customers, many readers prefer the DAISY format that Bookshare provides, and either don't qualify for access via Bookshare, or would prefer to pay for the ebooks. Through a collaboration with Bookshare, today we've started making DAISY files available within our ebook bundles on oreilly.com ...
Read the article here from TOC Combined Feed : Tools of Change for Publishing.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
I went to Manchester Metropolitan University to a day long event hosted by the Department of Information and Communications in conjunction with the BSC in Web Development. The day was organised by Richard Elskins who started teaching web design back in 1996.
The programme is currently up here, although I would imagine that this link will die.
Pixels and Ink says:
Mike Rankin from InDesignSecrets.com has made some neat little apps using AppleScript for zipping and unzipping ePub, Docx, Indl, and Fla files on Mac computers. These file types are based on the zip file, so they can easily be zipped open with an archive utility (just change the file extension to .zip).
Read the article here from Pixels and Ink.
Journerdism says:
"The iPad was considered the No. 1 delivery method for newspapers and magazines, and its popularity for books was even greater: 41% of iPad owners preferred to read on the device, vs. 36% who liked hard copies better. iPads were also the top gaming device for owners of the tablets, beating out consoles by 2 percentage points."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Independent Books says:
On August 27, global e-book community Wattpad issued its latest metrics report, a frequently referenced international survey of e-reading habits. Among findings, the report notes a rapid acceptance of the iPad as an e-reading device and a high majority of US residents among English-language e-book consumers.
Read the article here from Independent Books.
This web site is a kind of depository for all the things about getting stuff onto the web.
Also see my web site about my boat AViVA. This was built with iWeb (not exactly to web standards but interesting tool for web building).
September 10, 10 - 08:17 am
Apple has relaxed restrictions on app dev tools. Maybe RunRev mobile will be useful after all. RunRev http://bit.ly/cbLF3i
September 09, 10 - 08:25 am
I went to the Web Teaching Day report with some useful links http://bit.ly/9AiGcm #wtd2010
September 09, 10 - 08:22 am
Just bought "HTML5: Up and Running" ePub for my iPad. Who needs print anymore? http://oreil.ly/9yGoOF
September 06, 10 - 11:13 am
#wtd2010 Standardistas need a new course but University of Ulster cannot accept the proposals for political reasons. Needs blended approach
September 06, 10 - 10:52 am
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Need to create iWeb themes? This may help...
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W3C Sites - Web sites created by designers that conform with W3C standards:
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