WEEK 6: Project 1 due

In class:

We'll take a look at the print book projects in the morning before you hand them in.

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Translating print design to digital media — the process.

Experimenting with ePub format.

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Refreshing the brand. Take your current magazine choice and start the process of refreshing their current brand. Begin by developing their new style generating a style/concept board.

Homework:

1. Bring in an issue of your magazine (either a print or digital version)

2: Read this article link:

Mood Boards: Dressing for Different Occasions (site)
Click here for style/concept board template (.indt file)

Create a style/concept board to establish the brand refresh for your magazine. (Your work can be digital, printed out or collaged together. It does not need to be mounted on board)

3: Read this article link:

The top 10 ways to create digital magazines

Click on these links:

Required

Mood Boards: Dressing for Different Occasions (site)
Style/Concept board template (.indt file)

The top 10 ways to create digital magazines (site)

EPUB RESOURCE MATERIAL
“How to” export your file as an ePub

View these links:
Controlling Order of Content Export
Adding a navigational TOC to an eBook
How to export your file to ePub
New Export Options for ePub in InDesign CS5.5

For a more in-depth view of Indesign & ePubs:
Creating an eBook with InDesign (Part 1 & 2)
How to tag your styles for ePub

If you have a Lynda.com account you can view these links:
Anne-Marie Concepcion Indesign to ePub (site)
Chapter 3: Creating a navigation table of contents (TOC) with a TOC style
Using a TOC style in combination with and Indesign book
Chapter 4: Adding a custom TOC as the first page of the ePub file.
Chapter 5. Exporting from Indesign to ePub

”How to” make formatting edits to your code
Lynda.com: Anne-Marie Concepcion Indesign to ePub (site)
Review the following videos:
Chapter 8. Editing ePub files for formatting
(editing CSS, setting space, creating drop caps, side bars and pull quotes, text wrap)

Experimenting with typefaces in ePub
Embedding Fonts in ePub (site)
CSS Examples (site)
ePub Zen Garden (site)
System fonts available for the iPad, iPhone (site)

ePub communities, wikis, forums
ePub Secrets (site)
Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis (site)
Mobile Read Forums (site)
ePub, Indesign Secrets (site)
Book: ePub 3 Best Practices (book)

Electric Book Works: The EBW Knowledge Base (site) (last updated 2011: This site has good information on the overview of the process, the order of ebook parts. The overview of production tips and Creating an ePub from Indesign are good BUT - be forewarned - the technical details within the overview are becoming a little dated because they are working in CS4. If you disregard the techical detatils and focus on the overall process, the information is still valid.

Recommended
International Digital Publishing Forum (site)
ePub validator (site)