Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration
Wired Epicenter says:
Last week Jeremy Clark from Adobe and I unveiled the first glimpse of the Wired Reader at TED. Above, you’ll see a video, narrated by Jeremy and Wired Creative Director Scott Dadich, who led our tablet team, that shows more. It explains why the tablet is such a groundbreaking opportunity for magazines such as ours.
Friday, February 12, 2010
AAUP members: ebook output formats
epub « WordPress.com Tag Feed says:
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) recently surveyed its member presses about digital publishing strategies and programs.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Javascript ePub Readers
Ajaxian says:
eBooks have gone mainstream, and right now the open ePub format is getting a lot of attention, being the iPad's book format of choice. Often overlooked in gadget-centric media is the fact that ePub is based on web standards, and therefore amenable to being rendered in the browser, sans plugins.
Read the article here from Ajaxian.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Applying Mathematics To Web Design
Smashing Magazine Feed says:
“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. In fact, one of the greatest ancient philosophers, Aristotle, said: “The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”
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How to Create ePub Files for Free
epub « WordPress.com Tag Feed says:
I found an interesting link that provides a list of ways to convert your files into the ePub format for FREE. ePub is the standard, open source code, that is used for most eBooks–with the exception of the Kindle. Take a look. Off the bat, Adobe provides a free software download with the anticipation for you to upgrade. Hope this helps!
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