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The average reader probably doesn't think a lot about fonts, but they are important contributors to the reading experience. A few weeks ago, Google announced a new typeface for Google Books, called Literata. The Next Web goes into more detail, but the gist is Google ebooks now have a font that distinguishes it from ebooks read on a Nook or Kindle, and it was created to give … [Read more...] about New Ebook Fonts Make Ereading More Like Print
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E-Reading Reviews: A Roundup of the Latest E-Book Readers
By Tom Erik Dale – Sainsbury's eBooks With the holidays come new and improved e-readers, with better screens and more features to make reading more pleasurable. Tom Erik Dale, from Sainsbury's eBooks, has written a helpful guide detailing the pros and cons of the three most popular new e-readers. Read on. E-books are great. Not so much for swatting those off-putting flies, … [Read more...] about E-Reading Reviews: A Roundup of the Latest E-Book Readers
Reading E-Books, for Beginners
E-books are wonderful. It took me a few years after they became popular to make the transition from print to digital (though I still have many, many print books), but now that I've gotten used to digital, I prefer reading e-books. Granted, there are still some issues (since I make e-books, I own a few different devices, so I'm not a big fan of DRM), but I think overall there … [Read more...] about Reading E-Books, for Beginners
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
An Overview of Digital Book World 2012
Digital Book World (DBW) is an annual conference that, according to its website, "offers trade publishers hard data on the state of the book business as well as actionable, proven strategies for taking immediate advantage of opportunities as they develop in today’s publishing industry." I was able to attend one day for free, in exchange for helping my entrepreneur friend run … [Read more...] about An Overview of Digital Book World 2012
