…except chocolate. Or cookies. Food in general, actually. BUT: if you want to turn your EPUB files into any other format (e.g. PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, HLP, DOC or a bunch of others), I’ve got the tool for you.
Looking to EPUB?
For those publishes and authors out there who have thought about making a digital version of their work(s) available you might be interested in having a look at eCub…
BISG Releases Search and Discovery Standard for Digital
XML Is Not Enough
For a clear explanation of why XML is being championed as the greatest thing for publishing since Gutenberg (version 1.0), Book Brunch has a great explanation of both the Start with XML project and a gently expansive view of Move Towards Semantic.
Explaining Bibliographic Data
If you’re like me and ever had the experience of trying to explain what you do at a cocktail party, only to be met with confused/bored/pitying looks, you’ll like Ehren Cheung’s ‘what the heck does a publishing house need with a bibliographic coordinator’ post at Dundurn Press.
Now we just need one for supply chain innovation.
XML in Adobe Creative Suite: Mark Logic Digital Summit
Best Practices to the Rescue
The most recent IDPF BSIG call highlighted the cost of success. Epub adoption has been happening all over the place with some publishers creating only epub and device manufacturers seeing the wisdom of supporting epub, but with this success has come the growing pains of a young standard in the wild.
