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Unsorted collection of Links/Resourses about E-Books
Produce, Convert, Samples and Tools
(for dossier e-books)

EPUB Validator (beta) Resource guide: Book as iPad App: multi-touch ebooks and their future in libraries: Nicole Hennig. Multimedia, Multi-touch ebooks and their Future in Libraries You may also be interested in the online course: Resource list Articles Reading list - download the complete list of articles for reading offline Books Blogs Recommended book apps Fiction and literature Non-fiction Reference Children and Young Adults Comics and Graphic Novels Short-form Enhanced iBooks (made with iBooks Author) Textbooks Inkling (free container app, books priced individually, free sample chapters available, non-textbooks, too) Publishers to watch Libraries to watch Create your own book apps or interactive books October 2013 presentation at Internet Librarian The Book as App: Multi-Touch Ebooks and Their Future in Libraries March 1, 2013 webinar Slides The Book as iPad App - Nicole Hennig Video demos from the webinar Book as iPad App online course Nicole Hennig is an independent user experience professional, teaching and inspiring educators and librarians about mobile technologies and the user experience of e-reading.

Book as App - the user experience of interactive books - Readlists. Digital Publishing 101: How and Why to Go Blog to Book - Pressbooks. You work hard to produce regular content for your blog and website. So why not get maximum return from your investment of time, money and energy? Give your blog a second life by repurposing (some of) it into book form.

Here’s how to do it. Why You Should Turn Your Blog Into a Book First, come up with a strategy for what you want to achieve. Presumably, this starts with creating value for your existing audience, and broadening it. “But my content’s already there,” you say. It’s more convenient. Turning your book into a blog also adds value to you. Plus, a book is useful from a marketing perspective when it’s used as a free download. Big bloggers are finding value here too. What Types of Blog Content Create a Good Book? The short answer is: not all of it. Think about which of your blog posts are timeless. How to Go from Your WordPress Blog to a Book Using Pressbooks.com One note: We don’t recommend uploading your entire blog into a book, for two reasons.