Thank Collins, in conjunction with The Other Media, for bringing us Atlas by Collins, a continually updated app that allows iPhone and iPad users to discover their surrounding world—near and far—through three-dimensional colour-coded (and pretty!) maps.
Having had the opportunity in the last year to help write and edit the EPUB 3 specification, I can commiserate with people who find the process of putting a publication together a little daunting. It can be a challenge to pull all the basic requirements together and verify whether you’ve met them all. Fortunately, there are tools that can help make sure that your coding is correct and that your book will open and work in reading systems. Not surprisingly, the IDPF maintains a free validator called EpubCheck for exactly this purpose.
The tool hasn’t always been the simplest for lay people to use, however; it has a bit of a reputation of being built by geeks for geeks. If that’s been your perception, don’t fret because help is on the way!
Google announced the first Google eBooks-integrated e-reader on their blog on Monday. Unfortunately, this post has spiralled-off into a series of misinformed articles stating that Google has launched an e-reader. They have not. I promise.
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