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eBook Authoring Tools

eBook Authoring Tools. alternatives to apple’s ibook publisher.

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eBook Authoring Tools

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  1. eBook Authoring Tools • alternatives to apple’s ibook publisher

  2. For more detail on the process for making ebooks and for a more detailed description on making ebooks, I recommend Chris Jenning’s Page to Screen blog. This brief introduction is largely based on his presentation to the 2012 London Bookfair. http://goo.gl/8F0SB ebooks as alternatives to apps • familiar metaphor • user friendly and accessible • great for media objects that are primarily text-based • straight-forward to create • dependent on the e-readers’ user interfaces

  3. Choice: • ebook standard • determines the devices that can read the ebook • determines the markup language & authoring tools that will be used to create the ebook Choice: • viewport form • determines whether the pagination is fixed or variable • epub and .mobi ebooks have fixed or variable viewport options

  4. epub • open ebook standard • XHTML5 (epub3) • readable in: • browser plugins • apps (bluefire, stanza, etc.) • non-kindle ereaders (nook, sony, kobo, etc.) • epub2 is XHTML1.1 • .mobi • owned by amazon • HTML w/ proprietary tags • readable in: • kindle ereaders (67% marketshare) • kindle apps • browsers through amazon’s cloud reader (Kindle format 8 kf8 uses HTML5 & CSS3, but only on the kindle fire) public domain image

  5. fixed-format ebooks have set pagination, like a print book readers & devices will customize fonts & appearance requires a clear TOC structure objects and images can go anywhere reflowable ebooks have no set pagination, font face or font size readers & devices will customize fonts & appearance requires a clear TOC structure objects and images must be anchored or inline

  6. reflowable ebook user & device can adjust how text appears on the screen

  7. fixed-format ebook images and objects stay in place fixed pagination count the fonts on this page alone!

  8. ebook authoring tools • use your preferred HTML/XML editor • OxygenXML, TextWrangler, Dreamweaver, Notepad++, BBEdit, etc. • use your preferred document creation tool • InDesign (some prefer 5.5), Quark Express, Pages, Open Office • use an ebook-specific tool • Sigil (open source ebook authoring tool) • Calibre (for converting between formats) • eCub

  9. Sigil: an open source ebook authoring tool https://code.google.com/p/sigil/

  10. Calibre: an ebook manager & converter http://calibre-ebook.com/

  11. resources mentioned: Chris Jenning’s Page to Screen blog: pagetoscreen.net Going from InDesign to ebook resource guide: www.digitalbookworld.com/resources-going-from-indesign-to-ebook/ Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines: kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf Sigil epub authoring tool: https://code.google.com/p/sigil/ Calibre ebook management & conversion tool: http://calibre-ebook.com/ public domain image

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