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Power Hour April 2014 Understanding eBooks

Join our Power Hour session in April 2014 to understand eBooks, explore ePUB platform support, and learn tips for creating Kindle books. Sign up now!

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Power Hour April 2014 Understanding eBooks

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  1. Conference Number: 805-309-0248Participant Code: 880-0006 Power HourApril 2014 Understanding eBooks

  2. Power Hour – April 2014 Agenda • Next month’s topic • Understanding eBooks • Survey Results • Webinar Schedule

  3. Power Hour – April 2014 Next Month’s Topic

  4. Next Month’s Topic Tie Vote • ePublisher XSL Development - WIF Paragraph to HTML+CSS • Embedding Video - Exploring options to improve ePublisher

  5. Power Hour – April 2014 Understanding eBooks

  6. Understanding eBooks Experience

  7. Understanding eBooks What are your goals for this session?

  8. Understanding eBooks What are your goals for this session? • Just hearing about how to create it

  9. Understanding eBooks Today’s Goals • Review ePUB platform support • Discuss ePUB 2.0 versus 3.0 • Explore method to create Kindle books

  10. Understanding eBooks ePUB Platform Support • Once upon a time, this was a good story • ePUB 2.0 • Modern HTML • Limited CSS support • Deferred font selection and size to eBook reader

  11. Understanding eBooks ePUB Platform Support • ePub 2.0 Support • B&N Nook • Apple iBooks • … • Everybody except Amazon’s Kindle

  12. Understanding eBooks ePUB Platform Support • ePUB 3.0 • Added everything ePUB 2.0 left out • HTML5 style support • JavaScript • MathML • Complex layouts, less user/reader control

  13. Understanding eBooks ePUB Platform Support • ePUB 3.0 Support • Apple iBooks (limited MathML support) • … • (no really, that’s it) • Few readers support EPUB 3.0 features beyond reading the EPUB 3.0 packaging manifests

  14. Understanding eBooks ePUB Platform Support • Browser based ePUB 3.0 readers coming along • Often leverage MathJax (JavaScript based renderer for MathML)

  15. Understanding eBooks Kindle • Uses proprietary markup • HTML based, with restrictions • In between ePUB 2.0 and ePUB 3.0

  16. Understanding eBooks Kindle • Free tools to convert ePUB to Kindle format • Conversion not perfect

  17. Understanding eBooks Tips • ePublisher can help • Tables • As tables or as paragraphs • Graphics • Relative sizing options

  18. Understanding eBooks Tips • No substitute for testing your content • eBook readers like the old days of browsers • Everyone has their own take on how it should render

  19. Power Hour – April 2014 Survey Results

  20. Survey Results When to meet:

  21. Survey Results Topics to cover:

  22. Survey Results Topics to cover: • No suggestions

  23. Power Hour – April 2014 Webinar Schedule

  24. Webinar Schedule Power Hour: • May 29th at:3:00pm Central • ePublisher XSL Development - WIF Paragraph to HTML+CSSorEmbedding Video - Exploring options to improve ePublisher Sign-up atwww.webworks.com/eSchool/Power_Hour/

  25. Webinar Schedule Show Me: • May 15th at 10:30am Central • Learn what the ePublisher platform can do for you • Repeats monthly on the 3rd Thursday Sign-up atwww.webworks.com/eSchool/Show_Me/

  26. Webinar Schedule Study Hall: • April 30th at 1:00pm Central • Open forum for ePublisher users • Repeats monthly on the 2nd and last Wednesdays Join atwww.webworks.com/eSchool/Study_Hall/

  27. Power HourApril 2014 Understanding eBooks

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