by Martin Taylor | Apr 17, 2014 | dm101
> While publishers do a lot of the heavy-lifting when it comes to getting books to market, authors are still the ‘brands’ that most readers relate to. So who are the authors who are doing the best job of tapping into the internet’s biggest social...
by Martin Taylor | Jun 5, 2013 | dp101
> PROJECT: Convert a marked-up manuscript to an ebook In this project, we’ll take the marked-up document you prepared in the previous module and convert it into an ebook in the EPUB format. For this project, we will use the free online conversion service...
by Martin Taylor | Jun 3, 2013 | dp101
> PROJECT: Prepare a manuscript for conversion to an ebook In this project, you’ll mark up a manuscript for conversion to an ebook. The project will help you learn the concepts and techniques we’ve covered in the course so far. This project is in two...
by Martin Taylor | May 31, 2013 | dp101
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by Martin Taylor | Mar 22, 2013 | dp101
>For most print-centric (or so-called ‘legacy’) publishers, Adobe InDesign software is at the heart of their production process. For this reason, many publishers want a production system that will let them continue to work with InDesign, which is an...
by Martin Taylor | Mar 22, 2013 | dp101
>In this section, we’ll look at online tools that let users produce ebooks ‘in the cloud’. Many of them also connect to distribution services and use the online advantage to allow teams to work on a title, whether freelancers or in-house staff....