InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad
InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad
English | duration: 05h 56m | ~960x540 | AVC 250 Kbps | AAC ~96 Kbps | 800 MB
Genre: eLearning | released: 7/28/2011 | level: Intermediate
In InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad, author Anne-Marie Concepción shows publishers, designers, and production staff how to use the software they already use to create print books—InDesign—for the emerging ebook market. Beginning with an overview of digital publishing for the ebook marketplace, the course demonstrates how to prepare existing InDesign files for optimal EPUB and Kindle conversion. The course covers applying professional text formatting, validating EPUBs, and incorporating search-engine friendly metadata, as well as setting up publisher accounts at the major ebook distribution channels and selling ebooks directly to readers through an e-commerce site. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
Understanding ebooks and ebook publishing
Examining the EPUB format
Creating customized navigational TOCs
Using layout order, the Articles panel, and XML tags to manage content flow
Formatting with paragraph and character styles
Creating a cover image
Optimizing images
Exporting InDesign content to an EPUB
Including drop caps, pull quotes, and text wraps
Acquiring an ISBN for ebooks
Converting an EPUB to Kindle, iBookstore, and Nook formats
Distributing ebooks with resellers and aggregators
InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad
InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad
InDesign CS5.5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad
