Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Create EPUB eBooks with Adobe InDesign
I have noticed that Adobe are putting up some very useful resources to help in the process of building eBooks with the ePub format. Here is a recent post ob the Adobe blog:
Adobe Digital Publishing says:
I (Dave Dickson) haven't mentioned this on this blog before, but wanted to point out the resources on Adobe.com on how to create EPUB eBooks using Adobe InDesign.
Read the article here from Adobe Digital Publishing.
Monday, March 29, 2010
The iPad needs its HyperCard
O'Reilly Radar says:
Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of MAKE:
When I think about opportunities around the iPad, I recall the CD-ROM market of the late 1980s. CD-ROM followed packaged software but created a number of innovative "content" packages, creating new categories such as "edutainment" with products like Reader Rabbit.
Read the article here from O'Reilly Radar.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Apple Rolls Out iBooks Feature Page (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
Techmeme says:
Apple Rolls Out iBooks Feature Page
Read the article here from Techmeme.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
E-Book Giveaways Correlate to Higher Print Sales
Epicenter says:
Giving away an e-book seems to lead to at least a spike in sales of the print version, Researchers at Brigham Young University have found, especially for fiction.
Read the article here from Epicenter.
Monday, February 22, 2010
New Tool for Rewriting E-Textbooks
Inside Higher Ed says:
Macmillan, a major textbook publisher, is today introducing a new service that will let faculty members customize digital textbooks, adding and subtracting chapters, and to rewrite individual sentences and paragraphs, The New York Times reported.
Read the article here from Inside Higher Ed.
