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InDesign CC 2014 Reflowable ePUBs are even better

Skilled Workman Posted on June 18, 2014 by David BergslandJune 16, 2014

Although the large changes in ePUB export are seen in the fixed layout variety, what they now call reflowable ePUBs are also improved. They have their own dialog box and they are a separate choice when you export. You now add the metadata in the export reflowable ePUB dialog box. This saves time and hassle. Our control over placed graphics is much better, as long as you stay within the rules. Inline graphics are all rasterized or … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, ePUB3, On-Demand Publishing, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged epub, epub3, fixed layout, FXL, graphics, HTML, html5, iBooks, Kobo, kobo writing life, pdf, Self-publishing | 6 Replies

InDesign CC 2014 offers excellent fixed layout ePUBs

Skilled Workman Posted on June 18, 2014 by David BergslandJune 16, 2014

This is probably the big news for InDesign CC 2014. Although there have been many improvements to Reflowable ePUBs, they are incremental. The ePUB FXL has the possibility of being almost revolutionary. So, how big is this change? It is very hard to show the differences because the layouts are so different. But, let’s look at two examples where I did the best I could to get the same content side by side. In this small-sized screen … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged CSS, epub, epub3, fixed layout, FXL, graphics, HTML, iBooks, Kobo, Rasterisation, reflowable | 6 Replies

Why InDesign is even less optional than it was

Skilled Workman Posted on June 18, 2014 by David BergslandJune 18, 2014

Click to enlarge As you know, I am convinced that you are hurting your chances with your book if you do not use InDesign in the production process. This is even more true now that InDesign CC 2014 has added the direct export of fixed layout ePUBs. Plus, no one exports the quality of PDF produced by InDesign for print and downloadable PDFs. InDesign now has five ebook export options Actually, with all the options, there are even … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, ePUB3, Kindle book design, Marketing, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Book, costs of self publishing, epub3, ePUBs, how do I self-publish, iBooks, kindle, Kobo, nook, pdfs, print books, publishing, Self-publishing | 11 Replies

ePUB production just took a major leap upward with InDesign CC9.2

Skilled Workman Posted on January 18, 2014 by David BergslandJanuary 30, 2014

The new InDesign CC9.2, released this week, gives us much to be happy about as book publishers Most of the changes affect book production. The long-promised TypeKit integration is now available with over 700 Adobe TypeKit fonts freely usable and licensed for print, Web, and ebook as part of Creative Cloud. It runs much faster. There has been a major reworking of the hyperlinks panel to simplify its use. There’s a full featured QR code generator. There is … Continue reading →

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Questions from authors about publishing their book

Skilled Workman Posted on November 16, 2013 by David BergslandNovember 16, 2013

I received this email a couple days ago. It is typical of the type of questions I get from every author for whom I either publish their book or produce the digital artwork for their book so they can publish it. The only proviso is that I only publish books for authors I know, for books that I like. I’m a fairly radical Christian, so I expect any books I publish will promote the Gospel, be a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, how do I self-publish, iBooks, IPad, IPhone, Kobo, nook, publishing, traditional publishing, vanity press, what does it cost to self-publish | 6 Replies

Cover Design: The seduction of type effects

Skilled Workman Posted on August 12, 2013 by David BergslandAugust 12, 2013

Amateur covers are obvious! The number one mistake is made by adding all kinds of fancy trimmings to your type. Not only does it make the type much harder to read, but all trained designers have been strongly told that NO ONE EVER does that. As a result, there are very few professional covers with type stylized like that. If it is, the type is carefully embossed, maybe beveled. Using the minimal amount necessary to get the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, Readability, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Arts, book cover, book cover design, graphic design, importance of covers, Kobo, lulu, nook, Readability | 1 Reply

New Release: InDesign Ebooks Conversions, 2nd Edition

Skilled Workman Posted on August 7, 2013 by David BergslandSeptember 13, 2013

Updating the ebook conversions techniques to InDesign CC Your book is ready to print How do I produce my ebooks? Here’s a set of workable techniques: InDesign Ebook Conversions for $2.99 If you had enough sense to fully format your book in InDesign, the answer to how to make ebooks is “easily, though not simply”. The largest problem most graphic designers have is that this whole “ebook thing” is a confusing mishmash of options and possibilities. This book … Continue reading →

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The changes to self-publishing are just beginning

Skilled Workman Posted on July 1, 2013 by David BergslandJuly 1, 2013

This has been a day for it. All my sources are talking about nothing else. Here’s an excellent article about where indie and self-publishing may go There’s some good stuff here. The real problem is two-fold: The transitional future of the dedicated ereader Getting book discovery out of the hands of Amazon The ereader is going Some of this may be wishful thinking on my part. But the sales stats are proving my assumptions to be true. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, apple, desktop computers, IPad, Kobo, laptops, nook, Tablet computer, tablets | 8 Replies

Contrary to common opinion, InDesign CC has helped ePUB export a lot

Skilled Workman Posted on June 5, 2013 by David BergslandJune 5, 2013

In the ePUB world, it is amazing how much bad press is given to InDesign. In fact, the coverage given to coders and developers of ePUBs matches the hype received in the media by Obama. But we won’t go there. I just received yet another posting in an author group I am in this morning. The writer stated that InDesign does not handle embedded fonts in ePUBs well. This is simply untrue. In fact, InDesign ePUB export … Continue reading →

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Smashwords now takes ePUBs!

Skilled Workman Posted on January 1, 2013 by David BergslandJanuary 1, 2013

This is really big news. This is especially true for someone who writes and works in InDesign. Up ’til now, I’d finish a book and spend a full day to: export the PDFs, export the KF8 file for Kindle, and export the various ePUBs for the iBookstore, Nook, and Kobo—then  uploading to Createspace for print, Kindle KDP for the Kindle version, and Lulu, PubIt, and Kobo Writing Life. Then if I wanted to release at Smashwords, I’d spend … Continue reading →

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