{"id":5811,"date":"2011-07-27T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T04:20:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-27T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T04:58:08","slug":"eprdctn-hour-ge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/screenpublishing\/eprdctn-hour-ge\/","title":{"rendered":"#eprdctn Hour Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s #eprdctn hour<\/a>, moderated by @BookDesignGirl<\/a>, just concluded. The topic was eReader devices and apps and their unique code rendering issues. These are some gems worth remembering:<\/p>\n

Misc<\/strong><\/p>\n

@amarie<\/a> – uses TweetChat to focus on conversations with a certain hashtag<\/p>\n

Rendering Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n

@MatthewDiener<\/a> – “for Kindle\/Mobi, @jtallent’s Kindle Formatting<\/a> points out most of the rendering issues”<\/p>\n

@BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “Edges of the images in my .jpg’s were blurry and the [epub] spec said to change to .gif it that was happening. It did the trick.”<\/p>\n

@ BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “Tally: @camilcloutier uses center tags @NickRuffilo uses CSS not center tags & I’ve used empty span tags to make text center on iBooks!”<\/p>\n

@pablod<\/a> – Previews HTML components of an ePub file in Mobile Safari in the iOS emulator. Note: only good for previewing single pages (not full epub docs) – not a substitute for previewing on an actual iOS device, but in a pinch, it can help.<\/p>\n

On embedding fonts<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “I’ve started embedding fonts. Used http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6cw5hoz<\/a> for current project & it worked fine (knock on wood).”<\/p>\n

@pablod<\/a> – “I had to pull out a div with embedded fonts which was causing a rendering issue at page break for a UL within the div in iBooks.”<\/p>\n

@tinahender<\/a> – “As a a rule, I do not embed fonts b\/c licensing issues are not clear. But if a client asked, I would look into it further.”<\/p>\n

@pablod<\/a> – “Alternately, Google.com\/webfonts<\/a> gets around the pesky font licensing issue. Also, theleagueofmoveabletype.com<\/a>”<\/p>\n

@biladew<\/a> – “embed fonts only when necessary. Otherwise generic font faces should give you what you need (serif, sans-serif, etc)”<\/p>\n

@BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “We don’t embed b\/c of licensing\/potential validation issues but did for this project. Times font didn’t work for tweens”<\/p>\n

@aarontroia<\/a> – “go to @ebookarchitects bit.ly\/lDSNWv<\/a> and download Font Test, its a really good font embedding example”<\/p>\n

On InDesign-based workflows and conversion tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

@MatthewDiener<\/a> – “ID=>Aptara=>ePUB=>Kindle so far”<\/p>\n

@BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “We do InDesign to ePub (either conversion house or in-house) -> edit ePub -> convert to .mobi -> note conversion issues -> go back to epub and edit in Dreamweaver -> .mobi (repeat)”<\/p>\n

@TonyRobertsMN<\/a> – “Yes, export to ePUB then modify. Nothing Indesign produces on it’s own satisfies me. I edit the HTML manually, then make the .mobi”<\/p>\n

@JenniferOmner<\/a> – “epub -> .mobi -> note conversion issues -> back to epub file for Mobi & edit in Oxyen -> .mobi”<\/p>\n

@markerrett<\/a> – “I did InD to ePub then use Calibre to .mobi it”<\/p>\n

@BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “I convert my epubs with Kindle Previewer.”<\/p>\n

On KindleGen<\/strong><\/p>\n

@aarontroia<\/a> and @jtallent<\/a> – both recommend KindleGen<\/a> over Calibre or Sigil<\/p>\n

@jtallent<\/a> – “easy to do in command line. “path_to_kindlegen.exe path_to_opf””<\/p>\n

@MatthewDiener<\/a> – “Once you figure out how to use it from command line\/Terminal it is an easy tool, and edit\/rerender simple”<\/p>\n

@MatthewDiener<\/a> – “If you need help with KindleGen, instructions on using it are included in this document. http:\/\/bit.ly\/opHs8W<\/a>”<\/p>\n

@BookDesignGirl<\/a> – “I assumed that KindlePreviewer uses KindleGen. And then you have the preview right there.”<\/p>\n

Zip tips<\/strong><\/p>\n

@tinahender<\/a>, @aarontroia<\/a>, and @PenguinPowered<\/a> – all recommend @danrodneytweets’s epub zip and unzip scripts<\/a> (also here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

@markerrett<\/a> – “Plus BBEdit now lets you open HTML inside the ePub with the need to Unzip then zip again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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