BookNet’s Pamela Millar presents all the new and upcoming projects (like Loan Stars) that are innovating to help publishers and libraries work together towards their common goal: getting books into the hands of readers.
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It’s been a big year for standards, from the rollout of ONIX 3.0 to the new BISAC codes for young adult books. Are you up-to-date?
Learn how to add papercasting (a process designed to test users’ experiences without doing a software build) to your ebook development workflow to ensure clear interactivity for your readers.
Quality assurance
- March 30, 2016
In this workshop, Joshua Tallent, will teach you how to perform a complete quality assurance test on your ebook files.
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.
Tech as equalizer: We Read Too
- April 1, 2016
The We Read Too app showcases children’s and YA books written by and for people of colour. Kaya Thomas shares why she created it and how the publishers can reach audiences of colour.
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.
Websites are built with CMSes that repurpose content, use complex templating systems, and offer many other advantages to flat-file folders. Why should we (or shouldn’t we) adapt that to ebook development?
Join Colleen Cunningham as she shares how F+W is introducing consistent tagging to editorial and production staff.
As more and more publishing houses bring in talented digital employees there’s a likely clash of cultures on the horizon.
The beauty behind ebooks: CSS
- March 10, 2015
This workshop will reveal practical use cases for designing an ebook with CSS.
Keith Fretz (Scholastic) explores three main components of a successful transmedia property: attracting and retaining interest, using usage data to inform your product, and maintaining a vibrant community.