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 Book as Directory

By Silvio Lorusso, May 29, 2013

[Originally posted on Doppiozero with the title “Quando il lettore diventa utente”] The debate around the *future* of publishing never lost momentum. For decades writers, publishers, programmers and designers have been discussing the revolutionary possibilities of the electronic book in terms of rich media, non-linearity and augmentation. The iPad just gave a new boost to [...]

Preview of the Unlike Us Reader, mobi version

By Silvio Lorusso, May 13, 2013