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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March 9th, 2012
How Metadata Fails Authors
My friend Anakana Schofield’s debut novel Malarky is about to be published (by the excellent independent publisher Biblioasis) and I saw on Facebook that she was going to launch the book with a reading at the Vancouver Public Library so I wanted to make sure I’m there on March 21st.
August 31st, 2010
You Too Can Earn $17/hour in Book Publishing!
…if you have a university degree AND a publishing certificate, speak English and French and know XML. This is but one of the challenges of book publishing today: The technical skills required are exploding, but the economics still suck. I don’t wish to heap ridicule on this particular company: it’s happening everywhere. Publishing Assistant Canadian…