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.
2016
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.
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 future of innovative book-marketing campaigns relies heavily on understanding not only what your reader says they prefer, but also the reason why they make a selection.
Nick Ruffilo will dispell the myth that programming is hard, and give you a crash course in using Javascript to transform your ebooks from paper-under-glass into a world of actions, interactions, and life.
You may think you’ve got a handle on the millennial demographic and their general habits and buying preferences, but do you really understand them?
This workshop provides an overview of ebook indexing. including indexing for EPUBs, alternative ebook formats, and for content that will be output in multiple formats, including print, pdf, html, xml, and more.
Join Joshua Tallent as he explains how the publishing marketplace is evolving, with clear examples and advice that will help you expand your reach and bring more discoverability to your titles around the world.
Get ready to geek out with fellow book enthusiasts who have shared their company’s recent innovations.