by Joseph T. Sinclair Web technology provides you with the means to publish a book competently and attractively in one website. HTML and CSS provide all the typographical control the book needs. CSS provides control over pagination for the printing of webpages. A wide variety of typefaces (fonts) are available online to use in webpages (e.g., Google fonts). HTML can … [Read more...] about Webbooks
Bookapps and Authoring Software
by Joseph T. Sinclair What's a bookapp? Nothing more than a book in the form of an Apple or Android app. A tap on a bookapp icon brings to life a digital book almost identical to an ebook. The difference is that you can include diverse media, embedded programming, and the like without restriction, Just as web work and the internet were too important to leave to programmers, … [Read more...] about Bookapps and Authoring Software
New Digital Book Definitions
by Joseph T. Sinclair First, we had PDFs and then ebooks. But now we have some additional digital book formats that have gained traction in the marketplace. Let's take a look at all to see how they compare. PDF This is an old Adobe format originally designed to transform paper into a digital format. However, Adobe updated it long ago into a diverse media platform that … [Read more...] about New Digital Book Definitions
The Astounding New Market
by Joseph T. Sinclair How many English readers are there in the world? No telling. But there are estimates of how many people can speak English as either a first or second language. David Crystal, a British linguist, estimates that non-native English speakers outnumber native speakers 3 to 1. With estimates of native speakers at over 400 million, non-native speakers, … [Read more...] about The Astounding New Market
What Books?
What are the books of the future? The purpose of this blog is to introduce new types of digital books and leave other resources to cover traditional printed books and even current ebooks. Although there will probably be printed books for a while before they disappear from everyday reading, this blog has nothing to add to the vast amount of information already available on … [Read more...] about What Books?