Designing for Tablets & eReaders

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Designing for Tablets and eReaders

$10 Registration Fee for MassArt Alumni



Digital books are a big part of the future of publishing. Book designer Colleen Cunningham will go over the basics of designing digital books for tablets (iPad, NookColor, Kindle Fire), eReaders (Nook and Kindle), and smart phones, comparing how these different devices display book content.

Colleen will discuss:
• PDF vs ePub files
• How InDesign fits into an eBook workflow
• The balance of content and design for the screen vs. the page
• When to go ePub, when to go app
• eBooks on a range of eReading devices
• New technology coming down the pike

If you want to learn what goes into designing books for Tablets and eReaders, join us for this engaging live presentation.

Twitter hashtag: #ebookscr
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About Our Presenter:
Colleen Cunningham is an eBook Developer at Adams Media. After getting her start in newspaper and journal production, she found her home in book layout and design, focusing on non-fiction in categories as diverse as business, self-help, humor, and cooking. As a print book designer, Colleen found that having a strong sense of order, organization, and information hierarchy could be directly applied to eBook design. She has transitioned to full-time digital production and trains layout designers how to integrate eBook production into existing print work flows.

Twitter: @BookDesignGirl
http://thebookstudio.wordpress.com/
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