Threepress Consulting blog

Threepress creates software for publishers, educators and authors.

Month: February, 2010

Three JavaScript ePub Readers

The last few weeks have seen a tremendous increase in interest about ePub. Many new blog posts have been written trying to explain the format. We’ve also seen a big jump in the number of publishers coming to Threepress for help with tricky ePub problems or just asking for guidance about the format. While I’d [...]

Web-based epubcheck upgraded to epubcheck 1.0.5

The invaluable epubcheck has officially been at version 1.0.3 for months, but the latest incremental build (1.0.5) has significant improvements. I’ve been seeing a number of ebooks entering the marketplace which pass epubcheck 1.0.3 but have serious flaws that are caught in 1.0.5.
At Threepress we’ve been using 1.0.5 internally for some time, [...]

Slides and notes from Digital Book World: Getting Past “Good Enough” Ebooks

I had a great time speaking in front of the audience at Digital Book World 2010. Actually, that’s not true, it was pretty scary — big audience! But the talk seemed well-received, and the conference was very well-organized, especially given that this was its first year.
You can follow the slides and notes on the Digital [...]