Sentences with phrase «ebook at the markup»

There are two primary ways that readers will move through your ebook at the markup level (or DOM / accessibility tree level, to be specific).

Not exact matches

Libraries can «lend» ebooks a fixed number of times before they have to buy them again, usually at significant markup, and many proprietary, cumbersome systems exist that require a specific e-reader.

Having formatted close to 1,000 eBooks at this time, I am covering the entire process, from the basic manuscript cleanup, to the basics of HTML and simple markup, all the way to advanced techniques that allow you to add an incredible amount of polish to your eBooks without necessarily sacrificing device compatibility.

Unfortunately for libraries, that growth has led many of the largest publishing houses to take a very guarded approach with the field — offering libraries ebook titles at a significant markup, licensing titles only with restrictive terms or embargo periods, or simply refusing to enter into ebook agreements with libraries at all.

In my role at Macmillan Publishers, I've spent the last couple of years balancing traditional publishing technology (e.g., InDesign, XML, XSLT) with modern web markup and conversion methods to build the first version of an automated ebook production toolchain that converts Microsoft Word manuscripts to EPUB files ready for distribution.