Jean Kaplansky is a Solutions Architect at Aptara, which provides digital publishing solutions to content providers for capitalizing on new digital and mobile mediums. Jean is an avid reader and early adopter of eBooks and eBook-related technology, going back to 1996. Her publishing production past includes work as an XML Architect for Cengage Learning, a Systems Analyst for Pfizer Global Research and Development, and an XML Consultant at Arbortext. Jean’s introduction to typography and publishing production involved a calculator, some printed galleys, and a pica stick back in 1992. Follow her occasional tweets at @JeanKaplansky.
… to Marginalia. Wow. My workload distracts me from teleread.com for a few days and I come back to a new editor (*waves* Hello to Dan Eldridge!) and a blog entry titled Does Anyone Care About eReader Annotation? I’ve been …
It’s no surprise that Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Sony all support dedicated eReading hardware. However, many people do not realize, that each of the 5 main eReading device vendors also distribute free, cross-platform apps, too. Further, companies …
At BEA last week I spent a lot of time with publishers looking for eBook fixed layout format enlightenment and discussing the finer points of fixed layout support for dedicated devices and cross-platform apps. As you’ve likely heard by now, …
The news broke this morning about Microsoft and Barnes and Noble coming together in a strategic partnership to take on Amazon, Apple, and Google. It hit me out of left field (on the one weekend I decide to disconnect from …
Apple’s announcement of the new iPad received a lot of attention today, but what does it mean for your business? Advancements Changes to the new iPad are primarily hardware-based. The new key features are a quad-core A5X processor and a …
By this point, if you’ve been following the DBW Expert Publishing Blog, you’ve noticed entries from authors, agents, publishers, and independent bloggers. “Great!” you say, “sounds like a comprehensive list.” But there’s a facet of Porter Anderson’s “Publishing Core” still …
