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A quick review of lessons learned on the Limerick Institute of Technology campus while immersed in the early days of e-publishing.
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Learning ePublishing
Learning ePublishing
An immersive experiencewith @topgold from LIT.ie
The Short StoryO Academics want to leverage legacy
notes.O High achievers want to read notes.O Efficient e-publishing converts notes
to epubs.O Efficient e-publishing changes some
workflows.
The Power Tool
Scrivener improves writing.
The HarvesterCalibre-ebook.com
The CleanerAcrobat Pro fixes bloat.
The CompressorPhotoshop Elements reduces weight.
The Channel ToolKindlegen
The Easy iBook Tool
eBook Magic produces simple iBooks quickly.
The AppsO Simplenote for iOSO Flick Note for AndroidO Simple Paper for Windows PhoneO SymNote for Symbian
Strategy: Starting OutO Know your audience’s viewing
platforms.O Our students have a range of
devices.O Common denominator: Windows
laptops.O Common phone: Android.O Survey showed even those with
feature phones could see PDFs.
Tactic: Listen to Recipients
Strategy: Audit Your Assets
O 10 years of Powerpoint files needed to be converted to Powerpoint 2007.
O 10 years of blog posts needed tagging and directory management.
O 10 years of white papers, long form documents, and case studies required Acrobat Pro processing.
Tactic: Organise Your Assets
Terabytes of Projects
Tool: DropboxSyncs with Mac Scrivener.
Tool: CrashplanHave an active and dependable back-up running.
Strategy: SyndicateO Adobe offers tracking on PDF emails.O Email epubs via listserv.O Email mobi docs via mailing list.O Cross-publish with RSS feed.O Offer Blurb or other JIT book.
FactContent is happiest when digitised.
FactWhat looks like an epub might originate as MS-Word.
FactThe best-selling books in Ireland could be held by 40,000 hands.
FactsDigital publications are viewed for 20 minutes.
Web Pages are viewed for only nine minutes.
Summary of Tools
I’ve snipped and tagged stuff as eprdctn:http://pinboard.in/u:topgold/t:eprdctn
Recommended ReadingO Mobile Reads
ForumO #eprdctn on
Recommended Listening
O Tools of Change PodcastO Marketing Over Coffee Po
dcastO Evernote Podcast
With Thanks toO @eoinpurcell and his
helpful tips.O Keith Blount and his
Scrivener team.O Affordable Smartphones.O Free wifi.
Happy Publishing!Bernie Goldbach edits
http://www.insideview.ieTweets @topgold
http://gplus.to/topgold
http://www.slideshare.net/topgold/learning-e-publishing
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