PubIt! misses the point

E-publishing is a truly international business - something Barnes & Noble seems to have overlooked

First few days with the third-generation Kindle

Okay, so I caved. I still think the Kindle is a dead-end technology. But I bought one anyway.

Publishing on Apple's iBookstore - well, that was easy...

Publishing your book for the iPad is straightforward, if you have all your ducks in a row

Eating well, spending less

Trish's new book shows how you can create great meals with very little money, simply by getting to understand basic foods

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 3)

The third part of our article of correcting InDesign CS3's ePub files looks at the toc.ncx file and CSS

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 2)

Correcting errors and adding new entries in the content.opf file to make e-books created with InDesign CS3 more compliant

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 1)

InDesign allows you to create ePub e-book files direct from your book's page layout. But it has its problems. Here's how to correct them

Joining forces

A new group for authors in France's Grand Ouest region - Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire

Zipping ePub files

The ePub file format is just a zip file. But you have to be careful how you construct it

More e-book trouble for Amazon

Two more publishers are dictating higher e-book prices, deserting Amazon's $9.99 model

Let the tablet wars commence

Google has an ideal tablet operating system and a huge investment in e-books. It could give the Apple iPad a run for its money, at least in the publishing world

The iPad effect - loosening Amazon's grip

The book trade has long complained about Amazon's death-grip on prices and margins. Maybe the iPad has changed the balance of power

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Why the iPad may be good news for self-publishers

And, perhaps, the death knell of Amazon's Kindle

Creating e-books - part 2

In Part 1 we covered e-book formats, services and a production workflow. Now let's look at a few issues concerned with actually creating the files.

Creating e-books - part 1

The e-book is an important format - but how do you go about creating one?