E-Production

The industry of creating quality eBooks is often called E-Production. This process involves beautiful markup (XML, xHTML, etc), stylesheets, scripts and applications. Every book has its own unique layout and design when converting them to the various eBook Formats. This often requires special coding and hacks in order to get the desired results.

This page is a jumping point to share our own experiences in developing eBooks and to learn from others. If you're coming to this page with a background of book design, web design or just simply an author wanting to do your own conversion, this page should give you all the tools and knowledge necessary for creating quality eBooks that will live up to industry standards and specifications.

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