Episode 17 – 2010 Year in Review Our colleague Kyle joins us to discuss 2010: the year of the eBook. News iFlow Reader HD very cool scrolling, or screen-by-screen store purchases only mobipocket ending distribution for Kindle store in favor of DTP. Wait, what? http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/mobipocket-will-end-publishing-for-distribution-in-the-kindle-store/ 2010 January Agency Model takes over eBooks (Amazon caves to [...]
Episode 16 We catch up on eBook news of the past few weeks Listener Feedback Item of curiosity .mobi files have increased in size since the release of KindleGen 1.1. Where are all the extra bytes coming from? News Nook Color updates (app store, but not full android market): http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/14/nook-color-getting-android-2-2-and-market-in-january-current-ha/ Apple PDF fixed layout format [...]
Joshua is off doing conferences and sharing his extensive knowledge of eBooks, so we’re taking a brief hiatus while he is away. But don’t worry, we’ll be back before the end of the year! -EBN
Episode 15 – eBook Creation Applications. News Project Gutenberg and copyright issues Listener Feedback Children’s Books Apps (Dr. Seuss, Disney, Animal Kingdom) eBook (Winnie-the-Pooh, Shnoogle) inherent disappointment PDFs just aren’t a good solution for most eBook reading devices Forget two-page spreads Crop images, fit them into the text/story flow don’t rely on text inside the [...]