Mastering Kindle Fixed Layout eBooks Joshua Tallent Chief

What we’ll be covering:  The Basics – Coding tips and suggestions  Fixed Layout Children’s eBooks  Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga  Fixed Layout Non-fiction

The Basics Nicolas Suzor --

The Basics  Solid coding practices save time, money, and frustration  Most of you will probably try to use this workflow:  Plan your code from the beginning  Consistency is King: IDs and class names

The Basics  Nest your tags...but they can swim. Gorillas can’t swim...

The Basics  Less is more (complex eBooks will not work well)  Consider the size of text  Remember there is no page zooming  Embed your fonts (don’t call iOS fonts)  Use percentages, or have a consistent conversion process from pixels/ems

Children’s eBooks Cow’s Can’t Jump, by Dave Reisman --

Children’s Fixed Layout eBooks  Introduction: Functionality  Spreads  Magnification  Limitations  No Page Zoom  No audio/narration  No video

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Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga MITLRproductions --

Kindle Comics Creator (KC2)  Free, easy, and fast tool that allows authors and publishers to create comics, graphic novels, and manga for the Kindle platform  You don't have to know HTML and CSS  Coming Soon – Not ready for public release

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Kindle Comics Creator (KC2)  Things to Remember: -Always save your work on every page -Large files may take a long time to process

Non-fiction INZANOUTS Savannah --

Non-fiction Fixed Layout  Not normally recommended  Lack of zoom, different screen sizes, etc.  If you do decide to make one, you will need to completely re-design your book  Make it fit better in 16:9 aspect ratio  Use the magnification feature well

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Q & A Joshua Tallent Chief eBook Architect