My adventures into e-publishing took a turn for the better after obtaining a copy of Liz Castro's "EPUB Straight to the point". It is widely regarded as the 'must have book' for all things E-pub - and hopefully will point the way.
Over the past week or so I have slowly managed to re-create The Hairy Plug Monster for Digital Editions. At this moment in time there are still quite a few things that I am not happy with; such as the image quality and the texture.
As I only have Adobe's Digital Editions to view it on at present I need to download several more e-readers to check compatibility (If anyone wants to give me an I-PAD to aid my product development then you are more than welcome).
It has also become obvious that at some point in the very near future, I am going to need to learn how to write and decode XHTML. Not specifically for writing websites, although that is not a bad skill to have - but to make amendments in the e-pub file to enhance compatibility. One of the problems I am having, is not knowing which questions to ask. This, in turn has led to being taken to some really high brow websites, where I have found myself reading the text over and over again and not having the faintest idea what on earth they are talking about.
It's a bit like catching an eel - you think you have it, but then it's gone again.
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