May 27th, 2015
Why is Ebook Formatting Still a Disaster?
The book publishing industry adheres to more than a dozen standards. Among them are:
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October 16th, 2011
Mastering the Art of e-Book Formatting
Reading the New York Times article about the e-book version of Julia Child’s classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking you’d think that a milestone had been reached in the struggle for high-quality e-books. This 1961 book is one of the classics, and the publisher had a tradition to uphold. Cookbooks have not been a…
April 2nd, 2011
Is 19 eBook Formats 18 Too Many?
Which ebook formats do we really need? By “need” I’m thinking only about consumer needs, not what the vendors want. * I think the only ones we need today are: 1. ePub – Not because it’s any good, but because it’s an industry standard, not just one vendor’s idea. 2. PDF – Because there’s already…
December 19th, 2009
eBook Formats
Gosh I do write an awful lot about eBooks, but it is the flavor-of-the-year, not just for book publishers of course, but for readers (and publishers) everywhere. Always controversial, it never fails to “make good copy,” as they used to say in the newspaper business. O’Reilly, the company; Tim O’Reilly, the founder; Andrew Savikas, a…
November 6th, 2009
The Best of Today’s E-Book Readers
So much easier to use the title of the article I’m blogging that to think up another title that says the same thing: “The Best of Today’s E-Book Readers” is the name of a brief, superficial and badly-researched article in PC World, published November 2nd. I note it for two reasons. The first is that…