Liza Daly makes a case for clean ebook markup.
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A narrative future in augmented reality
- March 5, 2014
This session outlines some of the experiments with future forms of the book currently underway in Fisher’s Augmented Reality Lab at York University.
Charles Nix presents an ordered guide to typography for ebooks — balancing time-tested principles with the opportunities unique to the next reading environment.
Marvin is an ebook reader built in close collaboration with the reading community and is based on the premise that incredibly powerful mobile technologies can be used to create richer reading experiences.
Insight into Sesame Workshop’s experience creating Sesame Street ebooks and apps as well as their global expansion in digital media.
The challenge of ebook discoverability in a print world
- March 8, 2012
Evan Schnittman (Bloomsbury) talks about why bestsellers dominate ebook sales and why the longtail is a long way from a reality for ebooks.
Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how you can dominate the ebook market with better metadata.
Open source EPUB: Digital books
- March 25, 2010
Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting) thinks about reading engines, digital book formats, and new opportunities.
Understanding BookServer: The power to find, buy or borrow any digital book in any format at any time
- March 25, 2010
Peter Brantley (Internet Archives) explains how BookServer boosts the discoverability, sale, and loan of digital books.
Alex Jansen discusses the difficulties, successes and the workflows of producing Pop Sandbox’s highly original works. He also shares insights and lessons learned on integrating narrative and interactivity.
Breaking the page without hurting the reader
- October 18, 2011
Watch this video to learn about how to optimize enhanced digital content, what to keep, what to omit, and why these strategies work
Patrick Brown (Goodreads) will discuss lessons learned in the community building business, including what role publishers can play in online discussions.