Nov 2024
Adobe’s work in this important field may not grab the attention like their AI features but it is encouraging and should be applauded.
Jun 2023
"How can publishers be required to create accessible publications if they don't have the necessary tools to make them?"
"Adobe InDesign has failed to create EPUBs to the standards required for modern accessible publishing."
Oct 2022
"My company Circular Software is making InDesign better by filling the accessibility gaps left by Adobe and developing tools and workflows that allow publishers of any size to prepare, check and convert their InDesign files to WCAG AA accessible reflowable EPUB3 and WCAG A accessible fixed-layout EPUB3."
Feb 2022
"BookShelf is a whole new way of selling to customers in a much more streamlined and professional-looking way than just showing PDFs."
Jan 2021
"The InDesign user will be able to choose which sections of a document they open up to allow text editing. Done well this would be a major new feature for InDesign."
Jun 2020
"The W3C audiobooks specification that fully describes a suitable standard for audiobook structure, metadata and packaging … will become an official mainstream format later this year."
"We have been let down by before by the failure of Adobe’s apps and formats (Flash, Flex, Adobe DPS, Muse) and now the .iBooks joins this long list. Longevity is one of the main benefits of using standards."
A demonstration of 26 of the unique features to create and securely share beautiful, interactive and accessible ebooks and audiobooks.
May 2020
"By using maths to describe the position of points and the shape of the lines between them, we can accurately describe any 2D shape."
Feb 2020
"The most interesting new feature of InDesign 2020 – the latest major update of our industry standard page layout software from Adobe – was the addition of support for variable fonts."
Sep 2019
BookMachine - September 2019
VIDEO - The is the presentation given as part of Digital Book World 2019. An explanation and walk through of the problems facing publishers in getting digital publications to their readers and offering a real solution to those problems.
Jun 2019
VIDEO - Live demonstration of over thirty ideas for interactive fixed layout EPUB.
May 2019
"Existing Reflowable EPUB 3 and Fixed Layout (technically EPUB 3.0.1) publications are already compliant with EPUB 3.2. But there are some changes to what EPUB 3.2 can now have."
Feb 2019
"Digital publishing as a whole and ebooks in general seem to be gaining momentum for a revival, a renaissance. A second coming."
Dec 2018
"I started June with a ten day trip to New Orleans. I had been invited to join the ranks of their impressive list of speakers and lead a presentation and demonstration at PepCon."
Aug 2018
"Watch out InDesign, there is a new kid in town…"
Jun 2018
"As with many aspects of book publishing, ‘proofs’ is a term that’s not always easy to understand. There are many different types of proofs. Some of them have more than one name. Some have slang names. Some names don’t actually refer to what they are. Some have been superseded."
May 2018
"The Digital Publishing Summit was held in Berlin on Weds 16th and Thurs 17th May. It was a wide-ranging and stimulating event full of interesting news about the digital publishing landscape."
Apr 2018
"The printing condition has a huge bearing on how those CMYK values will be translated into colour. Locking our images into CMYK too early is a bad decision."
Mar 2018
"If you are using 300dpi images for your commercially printed illustrated publishing then I suggest they may well be wrong in two ways: 1. the 300 part 2. the dpi part"
Feb 2018
"I've been involved in making beautiful and interactive fixed layout ebooks since before there was a standard for such things. But trust me, this one is different…"
Jan 2018
"When done well they are not old fashioned or symptomatic of publisher simply holding on to their print design."
