Bookworm Mobile now takes advantage of the Stanza linking protocol. When viewing Bookworm on your iPhone, “Read in Stanza” links now appear on the library list and at the bottom of each book page. Clicking the arrow will launch the book in Stanza and add it to your Stanza catalog.
I’m excited about this because it [...]
I’ll be presenting as part of a panel at the 2009 Tools of Change conference:
CJ Rayhill (Safari Books Online), Travis Alber (BookGlutton), Aaron Miller (BookGlutton.com), Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting Inc.), Ben Vershbow (Institute for the Future of the Book), Dave Gray (XPLANE)
11:35am Tuesday, 02/10/2009
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I spent Tuesday in the company of some very interesting developers and librarians as part of necode4lib, the regional chapter of code4lib.
The event was hosted by the Boston Public Library. We were given a fascinating tour of the Open Library scanning facility: ten “scribe” workstations, manned by full-time staffers. I didn’t have my [...]
I was very pleased to be able to write an article for the Fall 2008 issue of NISO ISQ (volume 20, no. 4).
The full text of the article is only available to NISO members, but here’s a quick excerpt:
Bookworm was originally conceived as an proof-of-concept in leveraging web browser rendering for ePub display. Since the [...]
I just love this witty, gorgeous short film by the geniuses at Apt Studio, celebrating the 25th anniversary of UK publisher 4th Estate.
There are numerous in-jokes referencing the material in the books. You’ll get them if you’re smarter than me.
This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.
Be sure to check out the making-of [...]
My tutorial aimed at software developers is now available on IBM DeveloperWorks: Build a digital book with EPUB.
(Requires a free registration.)
Summary:
Need to distribute documentation, create an eBook, or just archive your favorite blog posts? EPUB is an open specification for digital books based on familiar technologies like XML, CSS, and XHTML, and EPUB files can [...]