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?
Journalist Hillary Frey spent a year with her company Matter Studios trying to understand why the publishing industry has shied away from fast, timely reads, and searching for ways to produce them.
Learn how Digital Rights Management works by watching an actual EPUB be encrypted! Knowing
Discoverability is alive and well; what’s dead is the notion of a single user experience of any discovery journey.
Looking at recent research on sales trends, consumer behaviour, digital publishing, and more, Noah Genner offers data-driven, actionable insights to better inform your next business decision.
Learn how to develop a practical roadmap for creating accessible ebooks that’s customized to the unique considerations of your press and workflow.
Take a deep dive into the mysterious world of Amazon keywords using lessons learned from one publisher’s journey to uncover the online retailer’s inner workings and enhance discoverability.
With the field of e-production in transition, there is both uncertainty and the potential for exciting new opportunities for ebook designers and developers.
An exploration of the past, present, and future evolution of ebook reading applications and how that impacts and informs the art and craft of creating ebooks.
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.
