IDPF epub format tutorial—and a blog-to-book service letting readers choose included posts
Of possible interest to TeleBlog readers:
–“Simple tutorial” to make an epub books—with free tools (site). Cool! This is a great example of why we need a standard e-book format—to lower the barriers of entry. So what do people think of the tutorial? Any suggestions for Aaron, the author?
–New Blog Printing Technology: SharedBook Introduces Blog2Print Widget (press release). Add a button to your side, and visitors can use it to whip up a book with your posts, and, yes, you’ll get paid. The service is just for Blogger right now, but presumably WordPress will come in time. Shudder, is anyone interested in the TeleReader Papers? The twist with Blog2Print, by the way, is that readers themselves can choose which posts they want in the custom-made books—well, at least by date range.
January 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
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