One of my largest frustrations with desgining ePUBs has been the difficulty of decompressing and recompressing them to edit the CSS. Today on one of the groups I work with I was sent this: Because of the problem with the mimetype-compression, rearchiving is on the Mac only via Terminal or via script possible. One Script is called ePUB Zip 1.0.2. This script works very well. Just Google it, and download it. It would be a … Continue reading →
11 self-publishing strategies for success | Self-Publishing Resources. This is a good list: worldy, but it should give you practical things to pray about.
Continue reading →This is another section of the new book. I would love to hear your comments. I consider this a ropugh draft. I will be adjusted and editied for the final book. But what i have here is the state of knowledge as I have it today. ePUB Design For The New Publisher Formatting your ePUB without coding I need to let you know of my assumptions here. This is a book for ministers. The focus is on … Continue reading →
This is the rough draft of a third portion of “The New Publisher” which will be a guide to ministers, ministries, and non-profits who need to get their vision out to their people. This new paradigm of the 21st century radically changes things. It gives us an opportunity we should not pass up. Formatting basics Designing your paragraphs We need to talk a bit about setting up your paragraphs. Again most of this knowledge is assumed by … Continue reading →
O, yes we are! Here’s some reality orientation for those of you, like me, who write and teach as a major part of your ministry for the Lord. I’ll let the stats speak for themselves. We really need to design easy to read, comfortable to read typography. We need to give our readers all the help we can. Thankfully, InDesign now takes care of most of that for us with only a few simple decisions required on … Continue reading →
Typotheque: The Science of Typography by Ellen Lupton. She is one of the teachers considered the best. There’s some good information here. But the bottom line is “I’m not going to tell you what I believe.”
Continue reading →Choose a comfortable measure | The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Again this is for the Web, but this translates to ebook design also.
Continue reading →Flexknowlogy – Jared Steins blog – » readability. This is just for those of you looking for answers, like me. What is clear is that it is all opinion and dependent upon your preconceptions.
Continue reading →Part two: in the series developing my new book, “The New Publisher” Written and published in May, 2011 © David Bergsland • All Rights Reserved Mankato, Minnesota • http://radiqx.com Please let us know if there is anyway we can help you in you publishing endeavors. Page layout basics Setting up your book to be read One of the more daunting aspects of book design for the inexperienced is page layout. Most people have Word experience and Word cannot … Continue reading →
The New Publisher Here we are in the second decade of the new millennium and we are faced with a brand new way of serving the Lord in the Kingdom. Publishing has radically changed. The new changes are almost designed for those of us who feel called by the Lord to share the vision of what He has called us to do. The new methodologies work better for prophets, pastors, and teachers than they do for almost … Continue reading →