Are Books an Endangered Species?

by Judy Baker on March 30, 2010

I am working on two book publishing projects for my clients. I have been curious about how ebooks are made and discovered that I already have the tools I need to convert documents into the epub format.

In the past two days, I watched video clips showing how to convert files from InDesign into the epub format. There are a few changes required to get a pleasing result, since epub documents have some limitations. I am confident that this conversion process will become a regular part of the design equation.

I learned that seven out of the top ten best sellers in Japan are digital books.

Alex Mandossian had a thought provoking post in his blog. I have included the video, it is short, about 90 seconds. Watch it and see what you think.

“Is This the Future of Book Publishing?”

Are you reading more or less than you did five years ago?

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