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Optimizing Your InDesign® Print Workflow for Digital Publications
HOW LEARNING CENTER
Monday, June 7, 2010 8:00–8:45 a.m.
Colleen CunninghamSenior Book Designer, Adams Media
Matt LeBlancManager of Production and Prepress, Adams Media
• CompareandcontrastPDFvs.EPUBto choosethebestdigitalformatforyour publication.
• ReviewbestpracticesforoptimizingyourInDesignCS4printdesignworkflowtoaccommodateeBookformats.
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FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CONVERTING YOUR PRINT PUBLICATION TO PDF OR EPUB
PDF EPUB
Choose for control over design and presentation of content
Choose for content that is flowable and portable across many devices
Goodchoiceforfull-colorgraphics,hi-resphotos,tables,data,detailedmaps,worksheets,puzzles,sidebars—closesttoreplicatingtheprintedpage
Idealfortextandlo-resimages—anEPUBfileisa“webpage,”butawebpagethatisnotalwaysaccessedonane-inkdevicethatcanhandlealotofformattingorcolor
Retainstextformattingofyourprintversionnomatterwhatreadingdeviceit’son—thecontentalwayslooksthesameacrossallreadingdevices
Readerhascontroloverfontselectionandtypesizeacrossawiderangeofreadingdevicesandscreensizes—thelookofthecontentwillvaryacrossallreadingdevices
Requiresalargerscreenonthereadingdevicetoviewmaterialifthetrimsizeislargeandwillmostlikelybereadonadevicethatcanhandlealotofmemoryandcanhandlecolor,suchasatabletorcomputer
Screensizeonthereadingdevicedoesn’tmatterbecausethecontentreflowstofitthescreenandwillmostlikelybereadonasmallere-inkdevicewhileon-the-go,suchasaKindle,SonyReader,Nook,aswellasamobiledevice,etc
Publicationcanretainpagereferencessincetextisstaticandnotreflowable
Publicationcannotcontainpagereferencesastextwillreflow;replacepagereferenceswithcross-references
CansupportDRM(digitalrightsmanagement)andcanenablepasswordprotectionforhighsecurity
CansupportDRM(digitalrightsmanagement)
Note:iBookstoreontheiPadcurrentlyacceptsonlyePUB(notPDF)—butmosteReadingdevicesacceptbothformats
iBookstoreontheiPadcurrentlysupportsonlyEPUB
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EPUB ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
ContentthatmakesforagoodEPUBcandidategenerallyconsistsofstraightrunningtextwithlimitedimagesandisnotdesignheavy.IfyouanswerYEStoanyofthebelowquestions,thenthere’saverygoodchancethatitwillbeachallengetogetyourpublicationintheEPUBformat:
❍ Doesyourcontenthaveahighvolumeoffloatingcontent(multiplesidebars,pullquotes,tables,call-outs,etc.)?
❍ Isyourcontentimage-heavy,containingahighvolumeofcontent-criticalimages?NOTE: Puzzlesandotherfill-ablecontentarenotgoodEPUBcandidates.
❍ Doesyourcontentrequiredecorativedesignelements,suchasspotart,backgroundimages,andfancycustomfontsinordercommunicatethecontextofthecontent?
❍ Doesyourcontentcontainahighvolumeoftablesand/orcomplicated tables?
❍ Isyourcontentdependantonbeingdisplayedincolor?
❍ Doesyourcontenthaveahighvolumeofcrossreferences(specifically referencingpage numbers)?
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