Adobe is the big one, but there are lots of start - ups too, many in an interesting new category: online
ebook production tools.
Ten great
Ebook production tools from Digital Book World What if I told you that you could easily revive an old book and start making sales on it again?
With both Amazon and Apple choosing to release
eBook production tools for formats different from ePUB 3.o, the support of ePUB 3.o by just about everyone else in the eBook market gives the new specification the foundation it needs to ensure that publishers will devote resources to its creation.
This is the final article in a series looking at a new category of online
ebook production tools.
Amazon's recent launch of its own eReader hardware, the Kindle, has led to some questioning about the long term plans for its Mobipocket initiative but in spite of that, the format is well developed, based on some widely used standards, and has a slick (free)
ebook production tool.
Olivia will be sharing details about authors can use their new
ebook production tool which helps authors build ebooks and mobile apps.
Not exact matches
Askmen, the online magazine for men, uses the PressBooks Publisher Platform as the
production and management
tool for their
ebook publishing program.
This week, the publishing industry came together at Digital Book World 2014 — described as a reflection of the current state of the publishing industry and the changes it has experienced — to tackle discussions such as «change management, technology and start - ups, data - driven decision making, cutting - edge
tools for
ebook production, and much more.»
Since
ebooks have no
production costs, they let you be much more flexible in pricing, and can be a powerful marketing
tool to attract new readers.
As it stands, FlightDeck is already the best
ebook QA
tool I've seen available to the
ebook production community.
We've been exploring
ebook production here at Sherprog, and it seems like the best way to produce a high - quality EPUB or MOBI
ebook using consumer
tools involves starting from HTML.
-- some publishers are developing their own
tools because they concluded InDesign is a bad
tool for
ebook production (EPUB and DPS for magazines / apps), a
tool creating more problems that it is solving.
Once you've fixed the inconsistencies, you can confidently send your manuscript into
production — either by working with a typesetter, or using a free
tool such as the Reedsy Book Editor to export your
ebook.
HyperInk, an
ebook production company that actually has staffers who will help the authors write their books, let alone publish and distribute, has now developed a new
tool to make the process of the increasingly popular blog - to - book genre even easier.
This process has actually been ongoing for quite some time and began with the emergence of
tools that digitized the back - end of the business; word processors, computers, design software, email and much more (which changed writing, editing, typesetting, design etc) and has over time moved from there towards more front facing aspects of the industry (
production, distribution, selling) before starting to make a large impact on the consumer side of the industry, consumption in the form of
ebooks and web - reading (not to mention making many other forms of content from music to games available to those consumers).
Dave Cramer is a Content Workflow Specialist at Hachette Book Group, where he develops standards, workflows, and
tools for both print and
eBook production.
You can also find information on service providers (
ebook production, social media services, marketing
tools, etc.) who can help you self - publish your book.