“One file to rule them all” In these slides, I detail my three-pronged strategy to create a single EPUB file for most ereaders, as well as the basis for conversion to Kindle/mobi and KF8.
17. Three strategies
• Create cross platform code
• Use media queries when cross
platform code isn’t possible
• Make informed decisions about not
supporting certain platforms
18. Everybody supports
bold and italic
font-size
text-indent
top and bottom margins
images
19. Original iBooks on iPad iBooks/iPhone
Adobe Digital
Editions ->
22. Many support
font family
small caps
leading
left and right margins
float and width
text wrap (around images, sidebars,
and drop caps)
borders, backgrounds
color
55. Fixed Layout
iBooks and Kobo Vox use very similar systems;
NOOK has closed system, Amazon new system
56. Javascript
Works best in
iBooks; allowed in
iBookstore
Sketchy support on
other platforms
57. Read Aloud
iBooks and Kobo Vox only; media
overlay on top of fixed layout; laborious
58. Informed choices
• How to create the best ebook that
works on the most platforms
• Sometimes, you’ll decide to leave some
devices behind
59. Liz Castro
• EPUB Straight to the Point
• Fixed Layout for iBooks
• Audio and Video in EPUB
• Read Aloud EPUB
• From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle
• HTML/CSS Visual QuickStart Guide
• www.elizabethcastro.com/epub
• www.PigsGourdsandWikis.com
• Twitter: @lizcastro, #eprdctn, #edigital
Hinweis der Redaktion
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like “EPUB in the laboratory”\n
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Can’t: black and white, video\nWon’t: text-indents, NOOK pub defaults, \nWon’t let you: Audio video, fixed layout\n
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explain what a media query is. Caveats: Hard to select for iBooks\nNOOK support is questionable, Great for targeting “old” Kindle\n
what features work cross platform?\n
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These features work cross platform but sometimes need some adjusting\n
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Should be half way done: 22m\n
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Only foolproof way to create a page break is to hard code it and then it’s there forever.\nAbsolutely crazy that two of the most important features of ebook design are still not fully supported by most major ereaders: page breaks and widows/orphans\n