Find simple explanations of some of the most common and fundamental things we depend on in the digital era—things like HTML and XML and CSS and EPUB—that almost everybody knows are important but that often get misunderstood.
continue readingObtaining high-quality graphics from authors that are perfectly formatted for publication at first submission is not the standard in today’s publishing workflows. Learn about new methods and tools to make this process more efficient.
continue readingAs a file format, PDF has certain advantages, but its static nature makes it increasingly obsolete. Here’s what publishers need to know about moving to HTML.
continue readingIt has gotten way easier for publishers to provide accessible files as a byproduct of their standard publishing workflow. Thanks to EPUB.
continue readingMany publishers lack the in-house staff to manage the increasingly complex workflows of a digital world. Here’s how a strategic partner can ease the burden.
continue readingI’ve been involved in the development of EPUB since its inception, but until I put together my presentation for Brussels even I hadn’t realized how many different ways EPUB is being used today, and how essential it has become to publishing of all sorts.
continue readingDespite the complexity and challenge we’re facing today, the processes we use in publishing are actually getting easier. How content is authored, acquired, developed, edited, designed, produced, promoted, distributed, and discovered is all digital. “Digital publishing” is soon going to be obsolete and it’ll all just be “publishing.”
All publishing is digital now. There isn’t any other kind.
continue readingMake the pieces benefit the whole. It’s all too easy, in optimizing things for the folks at one stage of the workflow, to accidentally make things harder for folks at other stages. We need to broaden our field of vision and ask, “how can we make it easy for the people doing this part to make it easier for others as a natural byproduct of their work?”
continue readingWhen approaching a workflow upgrade, here are some strategies for making effective changes — for publishers of all sizes — without causing a shock to your organization’s system.
continue readingIn your current publishing production workflow, how many days does it take for an article to go from final acceptance to publication? For most publishers, it can take upwards of 10 days. Learn how PLOS does it in under four.
continue readingMost people in publishing have realized by now that no matter how good their content is, and how wonderful the products they create for delivering it, they’re not getting the…
continue readingThe art of transforming scientific documents from manuscript to final form for publishing and syndication is gauged by these tenets:
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