Inspirational video for creating educational content using clever gestures. Ted...

Inpiration for using gestures in digital publication

By Arjen de Jong, July 10, 2013

Inspirational video for creating educational content using clever gestures. Ted talk by Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book. http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html

Book: How the Page Matters by Bonnie Mak

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, July 2, 2013

Mak’s book, “How the Page Matters,” historicizes recent debates about eBooks and similar technologies by casting the page as an interface that has been under development since the scrolls of Antiquity. “How the Page Matters” tracks the page through the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, the printed books of the early modern period, and onto [...]

DIGITAL PUBLISHING TOOLKIT

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, June 27, 2013

A preliminary proposal for the Digital Publishing Toolkit by Florian Cramer The Toolkit should contain two basic elements. On the one hand a “Howto Document” as a sort of manual, and on the other a “Software Toolkit” should be compiled off both existing and self-written utilities. PART 1 – A “HOWTO DOCUMENT” CONTENT The “Howto [...]

The future, as every marketer knows, is in content. But...

BiNu’s Worldreader – a reading app for emerging markets

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, June 24, 2013

The future, as every marketer knows, is in content. But that doesn’t just mean video, audio and all the impressive high tech stuff. It also means basic amenities like books. In many regions around the world there simply isn’t access to reading material. And at the most basic level, the abundance of mobile technology facilitates [...]

Digital publications in practice

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, June 23, 2013

Jargon, Platforms & Publication Formats By Marc de Bruijn and Jorrit Sybesma (PUNTPIXEL) First of all this document exists to assist the different parties directly involved in the RAAK-MKB project “Digital Publishing Toolkit”. The platforms for which publications may be developed will be introduced and contextualised in brief, and a preliminary advice for choosing publication [...]

Crash Test Dummy

By Marc de Bruijn, June 20, 2013

In order to test the capabilities of the various EPUB readers we created a dummy EPUB containing a couple of features often requested by designers and publishers. While EPUB 3 is a modern standard with a lot of possibilities, the utilisation of a relatively simple design and the inclusion of rich media is seriously hampered [...]

The Oxford English Dictionary recently included the word e-reader with...

E-Reader According to the Oxford English Dictionary

By Silvio Lorusso, June 13, 2013

The Oxford English Dictionary recently included the word e-reader with the following meanings: It can denote a person who reads electronic texts (this sense dates from 1995) or a hand-held electronic device used for reading e-books or other text in digital form (1999). Source: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/06/oed-june-2013-update/

A problem that finally seems to be taken seriously, now...

Buy on Amazon, Read on Kobo and Viceversa

By Silvio Lorusso, June 3, 2013

A problem that finally seems to be taken seriously, now Neelie Kroes expressed she supports a study of the EIBF (European and International Booksellers Federation), which states that there are too many different devices and file formats in Europe (but just as good elsewhere), which gets in the way of the development of e-book sales, [...]

A single EPUB3 file can be used to create an...

EPUB3: One File, Many Ebooks

By Silvio Lorusso, June 3, 2013

A single EPUB3 file can be used to create an ebook for all e-readers, explained Liz Castro, tech expert and author, at the IDPF conference in New York. […] Hachette’s practice of delivering the same EPUB3 file to all its e-tailers, including Amazon, sets a precedent for the industry, said Castro. If more publishers developed [...]

Each subgroup, consisting of a publisher, designer and developer has...

Project Descriptions: Hands-on research into the preconditions of digital publishing.

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, May 30, 2013

Each subgroup, consisting of a publisher, designer and developer has formulated their own research project within the bigger framework of the Digital Publishing Toolkit research program, and will be based on one or more publications of the publisher. The overall focus is on pragmatic solutions for digital publishers within the art and culture sector. The [...]