Challenging Times « Marketing Christian Books. Sometimes I am just ‘slap in the forehead’ dumb. Somehow I missed the parallel between what happened with the pocket book in the 1930s and what is going on with the ebook today. My only problem, as a typographer, is finding an ereader I can tolerate graphically. I have no doubt it will come soon. How do you think it fits in the scheme of things?
Continue reading →ePUB CSS Repair Once you have your ePUB It will usually open in ADE (depending on what you have installed on your computer). Proof it carefully. Redo as necessary. If your computer is like mine, the graphics will be very poor in ADE. Basically ADE is very crude. Then drop a copy of the ePUB file onto iTunes and sync it into iBooks on your iPad to read it in iBooks. The reason you need to use … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
Things have really changed—free whitepaper. Above is a link to a free PDF about how to publish your book for free in print, downloadable PDF, ePUB on iBooks and NookBooks, Kindle book, and various ebook formats. Included are marketing materials and intensive marketing—all for free. This is the new paradigm of on-demand publishing What has happened with few people noticing is that books have become a creative effort for fine artists and authors of all types. Not … Continue reading →
I’ll bet you never thought about it. But there are certainly answers that you need to know. This posting was triggered by a post from Sue Collier this morning which stated the following: “What length constitutes a book? It varies widely depending on who you ask. The U.S. Postal Service says you must have at least eight pages to qualify. International postal standards dictate that forty-nine pages is the magic number, not counting the cover. Anything under … Continue reading →
A Brand New Release: Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 & InDesign 7.5—a Radiqx Press Ministry Aid Help for authors & teachers publishing in the new millennium The focus of this book is very sharp. It is designed for people who are designing books and booklets with very limited capital and few personnel resources. It is a sharing of techniques for the new wave of author/pastor/teacher/designers who need to get their work published digitally & online. It is designed to … Continue reading →