Electronic Books and Epublishing A Practical Guide for Authors

Name: Electronic Books and Epublishing A Practical Guide for Authors
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ISBN: 9781852334352

ISBN-10: 1852334355

ISBN-13: 9781852334352

Edition: 2001

Authors: Harold Henke

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Since the advent of personal computers, experts have predicted the paperless office, the rise of the electronic book, and the mass communication effect of the World Wide Web as the beginning of the end of the book. However, trends show that sales of paper increased with sales of computer networks - people have been trained to read books, and are more familiar with the act of picking up a book and reading than looking at chunks of information. There are many publishing applications that enable you to create sophisticated electronic books and distribute your electronic books to your readers via the World Wide Web or electronic book reader with ease not seen before in the publishing industry.…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Springer London, Limited
Publication date: 7/23/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 227
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgements



eBooks



eVolution not Revolution



Once and Future History of eBooks



Centering the User in the eBook Design



The Medium as Message: It's a Book



ePublishing



Searching for Metadata



Protecting Content in a Digital Age



A New Print Economy?



A View from the Gallery



Oligarchy of New Media



Sorting through the Standards



Keeping in Touch with the Industry



Creating eBooks with Microsoft Word



Creating eBooks with Adobe Acrobat


Glossary


Bibliography


Index