In Part 2 of my article series on Moving Print Publications to EPUB we look at managing when certain EPUB content starts on a new page when reading a publication on our EPUB Reading device. It looks at defining content breaks in what appears to be a seemingly continuous flow of content.
Although earlier versions of InDesign have had support for Digital Editions Export (EPUB), up until the most recent release of InDesign (CS5), we would have had to change the way in which our documents were laid out in order to best prepare them for EPUB output. This was primarily due to the fact that the content order of the EPUB would be based on the document’s Page Layout. InDesign CS5 enables content order creation based on Page Layout or XML Structure.
Spent the morning reading blogs and watching some youtube videos, and wanted to share a few great ones with you guys ‘n girls.
In case you’ve not yet seen or heard about this one: Sandee (Vectorbabe), InDesign guru from day ONE… has started a great blog and podcast on all things “print”. The blog and podcast are a great addition to her recently published book. “Bleed ? what’s bleeding? Uuuuhhhh why can’t you print my Powerpoint designed ad in your glossy magazine? Just…read more →
Jan Middendorp writes that his “interest in Letterforms and text faces by Dutch designers such as Hollander, Caecilia, Quadraat, Theses”, were the main triggers for writing his 2004 book “Dutch Type“. As someone who used to carry a Dutch passport prior to swapping it for an Australian one over a decade ago, this book triggers more than an interest in fonts….read more →
As someone who has Real World Color Management by Chris Murphy, Fred Bunting and the late Bruce Fraser on the shelf. A publication I highly recommend for anyone interested in learning about “all things colour”. It’s great to see that Chris Murphy has written Colour Management Essential Training. According to Amazon.com’s write-up:
PrintingTips.com is an excellent site containing information on Print Preparation, Print Products and a Glossary of print terms.
Ok, after the previous post I could not resist the following ‘soapbox’ speech I believe that any organisation accepting digital artwork into its print production workflow (be it offset printing, label printing, screen printing, large format, sign writing etc.), would benefit from being able to handle artwork based on delivery of PDF files.. However, that is Utopianly-speaking.