ePUB Appealing Pages (344)

• Typography controls
• Drop caps and lead-in text
• Text alignment
• Indents, block quotes, setting poetry, etc.
• Controlling page breaks
• Keeping text together
• How fonts work; font embedding dos and don’ts
• Special characters, Unicode, etc.
• Hyphenation issues
• Using named styles, objects, and tables
• Formatting tables
• Placing images accurately
• Wrapping text
• Image Captions
• Sidebars and other non-threaded text
• Fixing CSS/HTML mistakes
• Setting up book cover art
• Adding metadata
• Different eReaders, different results
• Working around eReader limitations

Learn how to make your ePUBs look great. Understand how InDesign layouts translate into ePUB format. Learn to avoid common ePUB production mistakes.

Many eBooks sold today are frankly embarrassing, leaving buyers wondering what they are paying for. It doesn't have to be that way. This class shows what causes problems and what to do about it. Learn how to setup your pages so the produce the best results when translated into ePUB format. Discover formatting methods that work reliably and those that cause problems. Learn layout methods that simplify your work and best avoid problems.

Prerequisite:

Knowledge of HTML and CSS. This workshop is part of a series which can be taken in any order. It can be a good place to start if you know HTML and CSS, otherwise take “EPUB Essential HTML and CSS” first.

This class is also in the 2013 lineup at the GPO Institute

Training at the Institute is available for government employees only.