Sunday, June 13, 2010
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 HTML5 Pack Released
Adobe Labs says:
Adobe is pleased to make a technology release available of the Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 HTML5 Pack extension. This extension provides initial support for HTML5 and CSS3 in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, and helps you easily create HTML5 pages and CSS3 styles....
Read the article here from Adobe Labs.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
eBook Indexes & User Interface Features
Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog says:
The more I talk to people about the uber index idea, the more I realize the significant effort required to create and implement it, particularly in the e-reader app. I still believe it's a viable solution for rich content, but maybe it's not something we'll see in the short term. So how about a few simple thing between now and then?
Read the article here from Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog.
First look: Safari 5’s extensions
Computerworld Breaking News says:
Safari 5 delivers many new features to Apple's Web browser, but few are more prominent than the arrival of an extensions system. With an extension system in place, developers are in position to augment the functionality provided by the browser itself.
Read the article here from Computerworld Breaking News.
Friday, April 02, 2010
Book design is not ebook design
Mary Griffith (author of Viral Learning, writes:
I’ve learned quite a bit about graphic design, especially book design, over the past couple decades—just enough to be dangerous, I suppose, but certainly enough to do a workmanlike job on Viral Learning, at least. My do-it-yourself design certainly wouldn’t win any design awards, but it’s good enough to keep it from irritating me every time I try to read any of it. Given how picky I am about text looking decent, that’s no small thing.
Read the article here from epub « WordPress.com Tag Feed.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Create EPUB eBooks with Adobe InDesign
I have noticed that Adobe are putting up some very useful resources to help in the process of building eBooks with the ePub format. Here is a recent post ob the Adobe blog:
Adobe Digital Publishing says:
I (Dave Dickson) haven't mentioned this on this blog before, but wanted to point out the resources on Adobe.com on how to create EPUB eBooks using Adobe InDesign.
Read the article here from Adobe Digital Publishing.

