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EPUB 3 Case Study with Kaplan
The last of the four part Understanding EPUB 3.0 webcast series was dedicated to a case study, presented by Kaplan Publishing. To read the about the other three webcasts, please see my posts EPUB3, EPUB 3.0 Workflow, and The New Kindle Format (KF8). Kaplan students are very attached to print products, since they've developed their study skills around them. So the question … [Read more...] about EPUB 3 Case Study with Kaplan
The New Kindle Format 8 (KF8)
Part 3 of the Understanding EPUB 3.0 webcast series was called An Alternative to EPUB 3.0: Inside the New Kindle Format 8 (KF8). The presenter was Joshua Tallent, president of eBook Architects. (To read my other posts on this series, see EPUB 3 and EPUB 3.0 Workflow). … [Read more...] about The New Kindle Format 8 (KF8)
EPUB 3.0 Workflow
Today I attended part two of the Understanding EPUB 3 webcast series, called Working with EPUB 3 : How EPUB 3.0 Will Affect Your Workflow. Read about the first webcast here. Ron Severdia, the CTO of Metrodigi, was the guest speaker. Metrodigi is a conversion house that has been around for two years, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company focuses on … [Read more...] about EPUB 3.0 Workflow
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Yesterday I attended the first of a four-part webcast series hosted by Book Industry Study Group, called Understanding EPUB 3. Bill Kasdorf, vice president of Apex Solutions, and Bill McCoy, Executive Director of International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) were the two main panelists. Although much of EPUB 3 is an evolution of EPUB 2, there are a lot of cool features to … [Read more...] about EPUB3
