United States Patent and Trademarck Office. Ebook Publishing Software Resources. By Colleen Cunningham, Senior Ebook Developer, F+W Media Here at Digital Book World we published an article (InDesign to Ebook: Resources), which summed up useful resources and tools for producing ebooks.
After getting a great response from the community, we decided to make a dedicated e-production resources page here that we’ll keep updated. Please email suggestions to Colleen Cunningham. If you are new to ebook production, start with The Basics section for a short introduction. Or do you want to jump right in and get started? Resources — the best learning materialsTools — popular software in ebook productionQuality Assurance — advice for ebook developers and those who outsource their digital production Ebooks and ereaders cannot exist without the other. Many print designers ask, “How much CSS and HTML do I really need to learn?” How to make an ebook file validate: This ensures that the file is functioning properly. Official Organizations Learning Community Conferences Courses Outsourcers App. The Ascent Of Mad: See 60 Years Of Comic Subversion. “Genius is rarely recognized in its lifetime, but fortunately, neither is gross incompetence.” - Alfred E.
Neuman Civilization’s septic slide has given Mad Magazine enough inspirational material for 60 years--surprising no one more than its staff. In the corporate mind-set of “If you can’t beat 'em, make money from 'em,” Time Warner Entertainment has opted to chronicle that dubious history with Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity, which will be published on October 30.
“We would have done a 50th anniversary book, but we never figured we’d be around for 50 years,” says Mad ’s longtime editor, John Ficarra. “So when we were around for 60 years…actually, it wasn’t even our idea. Luckily, expectations were low--after all, this is the crew that once had a monkey paint one of its covers. “The editorial mission statement has always been the same: 'Everyone is lying to you, including magazines.
The Original Kin “People don’t leave Mad,” says Ficarra. Modern Daze. The Story Of Lockitron: Crowdfunding Without Kickstarter. Editor’s note: After a rejection by Kickstarter, the co-founders of Lockitron, Cameron Robertson and Paul Gerhardt, decided to follow in the footsteps of App.net and take pre-orders for their innovative deadbolt add-on directly.
This gamble paid off. Big time. The initial goal of $150,000 pre-orders was hit within 24 hours. Now, just five days after launching, the company has $1,500,000 in pre-orders. This is their story told by Cameron. I’m still having a hard time believing that only a few short days ago, my co-founder Paul and I refreshed our homepage, anxiously waiting to see if anyone would subscribe to our vision for Lockitron and help us climb towards our lofty $150,000 goal. Just four months ago we squeezed in with over a hundred other hardware startup devotees to listen to the creators of some of the most popular and impressive Kickstarter projects impart their wisdom. So it was not surprising that Kickstarter gave hardware startups hope. Our crowdfunding method isn’t perfect.
Kickstarting: An Ingenious Origami Kayak That Folds Flat. It’s tough being a weekend warrior.
The premise is fine--stay in shape and buy some equipment, then sneak away for adventures at will--so long as you only have one interest. Because specialized equipment fills the garage fast. Snowboards. Boots. Backpacks. In this regard, the Oru Kayak is a pretty amazing piece of equipment. “The biggest design challenge was perhaps the most obvious: making a streamlined form out of origami that could also collapse into a box,” Oru founder Anton Willis tells Co.Design. The team developed the shape through hundreds of tests that led to 25 prototypes, which were tested on the water. “We’ve done extensive user testing, including with pro-level kayakers in extreme conditions. Almost immediately following it’s launch on Kickstarter, the Oru had already topped its $80,000 fundraising goal. Kickstarter. Creators! Submit! Top Digital Comics Distributor Opens Its Platform to Independent Artists. ComiXology, the market-leading digital comics distributor which just confirmed that it shipped its 100 millionth download this week, is known for its industry partnerships.
Everyone from leading mainstream comics publishers DC, Marvel and Image to boutique literary presses like Fantagraphics and Abrams ComicArts has inked deals to make their titles available digitally using ComiXology’s popular Guided View format and list titles in the company’s extensive online storefront. But now, ComiXology CEO David Steinberger has unveiled a partnership few expected. ComiXology is partnering with… everyone. The company announced a new program called ComiXology Submit on October 11, just in time for the start of New York Comic Con. While the name may sound like a command issued to the marketplace it has conquered, it’s actually meant as an open invitation. ComiXology to Creators: Ready to Submit? According to Steinberger, a private beta test of Comixology Submit for early adopters opened this week.