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Three Formats, One Press

By Amanda Hines

December 1, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Three Formats, One Press

Thanks to the internet, whether you are an independent author, a publisher, a big press or a small one, you can maximize the availability of your book by using the three major formats for books: print, EPUB, and Mobi.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: digital media, digital publishing, eBooks, electronic media, epub, mobi

Writing Alt Text for Ebooks

By Megan Crayne @megancrayne

June 15, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Writing Alt Text for Ebooks

Alternative text, or alt text, is different from including a caption for an image in your book; it is a clear description of what is taking place in the image so that readers who use voice-to-text software can understand its context. Used commonly on websites, alt text can be easily built into your InDesign document for all of your images before you convert your book into an EPUB—and here is how to write it.

Filed Under: Digital, Manager Monday Tagged With: accessibility, accessible, alt text, alternative text, alttext, copywriting, disability, ebook, eBooks, epub, epublishing, epubs, images, Inclusive, inclusive publishing, inclusivity, publishing, visual disability, writing

Ebooks Are for Everyone: Making Accessible Ebooks

By Megan Crayne @megancrayne

February 24, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ebooks Are for Everyone: Making Accessible Ebooks

Inclusive publishing, or making print books more accessible for readers with disabilities, is becoming easier with the development of ereaders, smartphones, and even braille displays for ebooks. When it comes to producing ebooks at Ooligan, we should be making sure our designs are accessible and following industry guidelines so that we can bring our books to as many readers as possible. So how can we accomplish this?

Filed Under: Design, Manager Monday Tagged With: accessibility, accessible, accessible ebooks, accessible publishing, coding, digital, digital publishing, ebook, ebook coding, eBooks, epub, inclusive publishing, publishing

Issues with Reflowable Ebook Layouts

By Michele Ford @fictionlass

June 14, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Issues with Reflowable Ebook Layouts

A reflowable ebook layout provides the flexibility necessary to display properly on the widest variety of ereaders. The problem with reflowable layouts, though, is the proper display. Readers can customize font, size, and alignment of the text in an ebook. Traditional mandates of book design must be altered or ignored for ebook design.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: ebook, eBooks, epub, layout, reflowable ebooks

To Merge or Not to Merge

By Camilla Kaplan @camillakaplan

June 9, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

To Merge or Not to Merge

Let me tell you a story of an impactful and highly controversial vote that took place in early November 2016. I am talking, of course, of IDPF’s decision to merge with W3C. Oh, you didn’t hear about that one? I’ll elaborate.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: digital, eBooks, epub, IDPF, W3C

Manager Monday: Dissecting an eBook (Digital)

By Cora Wigen shishkabbobed

January 18, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Manager Monday: Dissecting an eBook (Digital)

When most people think of ebooks, they imagine the ephemeral thing they download from Amazon for their Kindle, or from the Apple Store for their iPad. But what actually goes into making an ebook? What are its components? Could you make one if you wanted to? Basically, an EPUB (the free and open standard developed […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: digital, eBooks, epub, Kindle, mobi

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