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This article is from March 10, 2011, and is no longer current.

Anne-Marie Concepcion Takes You from InDesign to EPUB, Kindle, & iPad

The new course “InDesign CS5 to EPUB, Kindle, and iPad” will help you take your existing print publication skills and enhance them so that you can create and distribute content for ebook readers and the iPad.
Topics include:
* Understanding ebooks and ebook publishing
* Examining the EPUB format
* Creating linked navigational TOCs
* Formatting with paragraph, character, and object styles
* Optimizing graphics for the EPUB and Kindle formats
* Streamlining production with free InDesign scripts and plug-ins
* Creating drop caps, pull quotes, and text wraps in the EPUB
* Reviewing best practices for book cover images
* Using cross-platform EPUB editors and utilities
* Validating EPUBs
* Proofing ebooks in iBooks, the Kindle, and the B&N Nook
* Acquiring an ISBN for ebooks
* Distributing ebooks with resellers and aggregators
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