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Potential future developments in digital publishing at KindleCamp
At the end of the session we watched a short video (see above) which showed some of the developments which have been made in digital publishing, specifically looking at interactive content on the iPad. It’s worth watching the video to see the kind of content possible – have a think about this when putting your eBook together, and consider what methods of storytelling you could use to make the most of the technology and attract readers!
Andy Mabbett at KindleCamp on how digital publishing has changed how he works
At KindleCamp we spoke to freelance digital consultant Andy Mabbett about how digital publishing has shaped his work and the way he thinks about publishing content. He talks about using the skills he learned for creating digital archives of reports, and comments on how simple it was to create an eBook at the workshop.
Uploading eBooks to Amazon’s Kindle store at KindleCamp
It’s really easy to upload the eBook you’ve created to make a Kindle book. The video above shows you how you can do this using your Amazon account, and it’s possible to make changes after you’ve published it too.
After watching the video, this raised a few interesting points and questions about Kindle books – useful features and also issues to be wary of. Some of these are listed below:
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Fiona Joseph at KindleCamp on what digital publishing means to her
While we were at KindleCamp we spoke to writer Fiona Joseph about what digital publishing means to her. She found out about the workshop via Twitter – itself a form of publishing online – and will be using the skills she learned at KindleCamp to publish an eBook version of her forthcoming book in the autumn.
Creating an eBook at KindleCamp
For the rest of the morning session the delegates had a go at an exercise in preparing text for eCub, a free eBook creator, and using HTML to format their content. After this part of the workshop there was a short feedback session where everyone gave their comments on how the morning had gone for them – there are people with lots of different skill levels in the group but on the whole it seems to have been a very quick process to pick up. These are the ideas, tips, perspectives gleaned from the morning’s work:
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