By David Kudler Garamond. Helvetica. Times. Comic Sans. Everyone loves fonts, right?[i] Well, not everyone — but we sure spend a lot of time and energy making sure that we find just the right ones for our print books. And we want our ebooks to look just as good, don’t...
By David Kudler A question I get asked often is about the difference between different formats of ebooks. Well, we’ve talked extensively about the difference between mobi (Kindle ebooks) and ePub (everyone else). But what about the other major format labels that are...
By David Kudler Since some readers asked for practical examples of CSS tricks for ebooks, I thought I’d share some of my favorites. These examples presume that you’ve got a working understanding of how to use Cascading Style Sheets to make beautiful ebooks. If you...
By David Kudler It’s ebook time again! This time, 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. At this point you’ve: decided to create your own ebook, rather than have someone else do...
A few months ago I was contacted about doing an interview on the direction of ebook design by Piotr Kowalczyk, the blogger behind the Password Incorrect Blog, which is focused on self-publishing for mobile platforms, and digital storytelling. Piotr is also a...