ePublishing with InDesign CS6 : Design and Produce Digital Publications for Tablets, Ereaders, Smartphones, and More

by Burke, Pariah S.

• ISBN13: 9781118305591
• ISBN10: 1118305590
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-03
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

The vast and variable landscape of digital publishing is changing rapidly and digital designers need to know how to use the right tools for the ever-changing jobs in this emerging market. ePublishing with INGN provides the key ingredients you need to know to build, deploy, and manage digital publications using INGN-including creating e-content from scratch with the various systems available and converting existing print publications to digital formats. Learn the entire process for planning a new digital publication, converting an existing print publication, adding multimedia and interactivity, exporting and publishing the electronic publication, and managing and distributing it through the correct channels. Start with understanding the platforms, devices and formats, and the best ways to design for them. Move on to creating media-rich e-content for multiple e-editions, all the while putting you INGN knowledge to use for new delivery platforms. Use the hands-on projects to build a new skill base in INGN and beyond, with step-by-step instruction on how to use Adobe's Digital Publishing System, CSS, HTML5 and other commercial vehicles available for publishing media-rich e-books, e-magazines, e-yearbooks, e-catalogs on multiple platforms, including iPad, Kindle, Nook, and other tablets and e-readers.

Author Biography

Pariah Burke is a design, print, and epublishing workflow consultant and trainer. In addition to Mastering InDesign CS5 for Print Design and Production, he is the author or coauthor of five other books and more than 350 published articles. He is also a coauthor of the InDesign and Illustrator CS4 and CS5 Adobe Certified Expert exams, an Adobe Community Professional, and a freelance designer with twenty years' experience. Pariah is the host of a series of digital publishing, epublishing, and design-business webinars, as well as publisher of a network of websites, communities, and tools for creative professionals, the Workflow: Network (www.WorkflowNetwork.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction xxiii

Chapter 1 Exploring Ereading Devices 1

Chapter 2 Learning about Digital Publishing Formats 25

Chapter 3 Surveying the Digital Publication Types 51

Chapter 4 Creating Basic Ebooks 71

Chapter 5 Working with Images and Multimedia in Ebooks 117

Chapter 6 Fine-Tuning EPUBs 177

Chapter 7 Creating PDF Publications for Digital Delivery 225

Chapter 8 Covering the Basics of Interactive Magazines 311

Chapter 9 Creating Interactive Magazines with Adobe DPS 343

Chapter 10 Creating Interactive Magazines with Aquafadas DPS 431

Glossary 511

Index 521