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The art of storyboarding
- March 31, 2016
This session is (literally) an illustrated view of storyboarding and how you can leverage its related techniques to organize print-centric content for digital book formats.
This workshop is for anyone who wants to prepare themselves for being hired in a CMS workflow or if you already work in a CMS and want to sharpen your skillset.
The ebook developer’s toolbox
- March 31, 2016
Developing beautiful, functional ebooks for a variety of reading platforms requires a unique combination of knowledge. In this talk, you’ll see some of the essential skills every ebook developer should have.
What if we could start over with EPUB, without worrying about backward compatibility? What would an ebook format look like? Could we make it simpler, more powerful, less maddening?
When ebooks make a publisher’s dream of never having books go out of print become a reality, what editorial, production, and technical obstacles arise?
In this workshop, you’ll learn why UTP chose the XML-first route, what the workflow actually looks like, and the benefits and growing pains they’ve seen over the years.
Debate: Does ebook design matter?
- March 31, 2016
Check your biases at the door as ebook experts make things personal at ebookcraft’s first debate: “be it resolved that ebook design is insignificant.”
Digital typography: Font management
- March 30, 2016
In this session, Monotype type designer Charles Nix shares how to bring quality typography to the screen and Champagne Choquer will discuss best practices for font embedding.
Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought in the ebook production process, but built into the content from the ground-up to ensure seamless user experiences that allow anyone to connect with the books they want to read.
Encouraging grassroots innovation at a legacy publisher
- April 1, 2016
When you’re working at a big publisher, what kinds of innovation can you introduce in ebook/digital processes while still keeping up with the day-to-day work?
Everything you wanted to ask a retailer about pricing but your legal department was afraid to ask
- April 1, 2016
As the agency pricing model continues to become the norm Ryan O’Sullivan (Kobo) reveals learnings from Kobo’s experiences as an international retailer.