These CSS tricks for ebooks presume that you’ve got a working understanding of how to use Cascading Style Sheets to make beautiful ebooks.
David Kudler
David Kudler is a Contributing Writer for TheBookDesigner.com. He is also an author, an editor and an ebook designer.
David blogs for the Huffington Post and is also a past president of the Bay Area Independent Publisher’s Association (BAIPA).
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Inside the Box: An Introduction to ePub, HTML & CSS for the Independent Author/Publisher
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Articles by David on The Book Designer
Pulling It Together: Editing Your Ebook
We’re going to look at how to use the information and skills I’ve been giving you to make your ebook look the way you want it to.
Styling Priorities: CSS for Ebooks #3
Learn which rules take priority over which — and see some fun examples of ways you can use CSS to make your ebook beautiful.
Elements of Style: CSS for Ebooks #2
Learn about the most useful properties to use in CSS for ebooks, and the rules that help you define the way a particular chunk of text or an image displays.
Print Pricing Piracy: The Perils of Free Trade
Is it print pricing piracy or merely free trade if someone is offering your print book at a price lower or above your set price?
Elements of Style: CSS for Ebooks
CSS really comes down to is a series of rules that define how a particular element (or kind of element) will look when an ereader displays it.
Speaking in Code: Ebook HTML basics
An ebook is just a website in a box. In order to know how to get in and edit your ebook, knowing some HTML, the basic building blocks, is essential.
Ebook Anatomy: Inside the Black Box
An ebook is a website in a box. In this article, we’re going to talk about what’s inside the box and see how ebooks are coded and formatted.
NetGalley Book Review Program: A Case Study
NetGalley is a book review service that connects book publishers, reviewers, media, librarians, booksellers, bloggers and educators.
Laying Track: Tracking Ebook Links on Google Analytics
Did you know that you can add tags to the links in your ebooks to track what book, what retailer or what chapter a hit to your blog came from?