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Aug
18

The eBook Publishing aircraft is ready to take off in India!

Here’s an interesting possibility to look at; almost every urban and semi-urban child in India will read an eBook in the next 6 months! Recent news from Amazon that the eBook sales have overtaken print book sales means a lot to Digital and traditional publishers as well. eBook sales are picking up and contribute 20%… Continue reading »


Jul
18

“Why should I opt for eBooks? ” Loud musings of a budding writer

Now a days I can see many authors and publishers, including the famous ones,  taking an e-route to publishing. Some are using this path to supplement the traditional publishing while others specially the first time authors use only digital publishing to bring out their books into the market. eBooks are becoming popular and  same is… Continue reading »


May
23

Design Cool Widgets for iBook Author

iBooks Author  allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. This can include galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more. Please see  link below for more information. http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ It allows you to add new functionality not supported by it through widgets.  By what… Continue reading »


Apr
21

3 basic Levels of Quality Checks an eBook conversion house must maintain!

For all those seeking an eBook conversion house to create their digital titles, I recommend that you insist on asking your conversion partner for their Quality inspection documents. QA processes are essential in ebook conversions and according to me every ebook conversion project must undergo the following 3 levels of QC checks; Level 1 –… Continue reading »


Mar
29

Bye Bye ePubs – Hello HTML5 browser based reading!

I was at a publishing conference recently and someone asked the question “Why do publishers struggle to adopt to digital technologies?” My answer was “I got two words for you ‘CHANGE MANAGEMENT’ “. The big name publishers (also known to many as the Dinosaurs) have always shown resistance to change. Technologies are bringing about disruptive… Continue reading »


Mar
28

Future of Digital Publishing- HTML5

HTML5 offers lots of opportunities for ebook publishers who look forward to expand their portfolio from static text to new genre of books involving lots of multimedia interactivity. It has upgraded ebooks to a new level to contain video, audio, dynamic content and all sorts of interactive features. HTML5 is a specification to format the core… Continue reading »


Mar
27

Publishing Industry showing a new Trend-Encouraging figures for Digital publishers

The Publishing industry is experiencing a paradigm shift. The recent statistics related to digital books sale & purchase , eReaders, tablets and ebook lending etc.  reveal that there is a boom in the eBooks domain. The rise in the sale of ebooks is having a dramatic affect on  the sale of print books. Major Publishers… Continue reading »


Jan
09

Geo-locations in eBooks – Now your books can travel (Literally!)

As an avid reader I have always traveled places that the authors describe so well in their books – from exotic locations to claustrophobic spaces. Books have made us travel to worlds that are unknown to us and only exist in fairy-tales. However, modern day technologies and digital publishing (with some help from google can… Continue reading »


Jan
03

The e-Year that was-2011

Ever since the ebook production was started there has never been a respite! Year 2011 was no different and was certainly a learning curve for all of us. New technology, improved devices, innovative marketing strategies and a constant aspiration for churning out the best was the tone of the year. No doubt we could come… Continue reading »


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