InDesign CS6 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad

InDesign CS6 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad

In this course, author Anne-Marie Concepción shows publishers, designers, and production assistants how to use Adobe InDesign CS6 to create print books for the exploding ebook market.
Starting from an overview of how ebooks are bought, sold, and read, the course shows how to prepare existing InDesign files for optimal EPUB conversion, and how to design new projects for a dual print/EPUB output. Anne-Marie also demonstrates how to embed video and fonts in reflowable ebooks, and how to customize the internal markup for various devices, including converting files to the Kindle format. Finally, discover how to set up publisher accounts at the major ebook distribution channels, such as iBookstore, or even sell ebooks directly to readers on your own ecommerce site.

Topics include:
Understanding the differences between ebook formats
Best practices for InDesign file preparation
Managing the content flow with Layout order and the Articles panel
Using free InDesign scripts to automate EPUB productions
Optimizing images, charts, and tables
Opening and examining EPUB files
Editing important CSS and HTML tags
Including drop caps, pull quotes, and text wraps
Enriching your EPUBs with video and embedded fonts
Acquiring an ISBN for ebooks
Converting EPUBs to Kindle format (MOBI and KF8)
Distributing ebooks with resellers and aggregators