Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born-Accessible Ebooks
To prepare a book for conversion, with accessibility in mind, the steps covered in Ebook Workflow Guide: In-house Production of Born Accessible Ebooks should be followed (if you use Word and InDesign for your manuscript...
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Standards and Best Practices, Step-by-Step
Introduction to Accessible Ebook Production – Reflowable Ebooks
Reflowable books are the most flexible types of EPUB, and they can incorporate many accessibility features that all readers can benefit from and take advantage of. This brief introduction discusses the benefits of the reflowable...
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Foundations and Rationale
Word Styles (video)
Learn Word styles and how to prepare manuscript files for layout software, making the typesetting and ebook conversion process easier.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Setting Up InDesign for Ebook Conversions (video)
This video includes best practices for successful layouts: image placement, image descriptions, etc., including laying the groundwork for semantics, image retention, and metadata in the ebook.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
How to Set Up an InDesign Document for Conversion to EPUB
Preparing an InDesign file for conversion to EPUB has may steps: styles, mapping styles to HTML, marking page breaks, applying semantics, anchoring images, applying image descriptions, preparing navigation, and some basic metadata.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
InDesign Styles (video)
Deep dive into the best use of character, paragraph, object, table, and cell styles.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
InDesign EPUB Export Options (video)
A thorough review of all the EPUB export options from InDesign.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
InDesign EPUB Export Options (text)
A primer on the choices one can make at export from InDesign that will impact the accessibility of an ebook.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
EPUB from InDesign Cleanup (video)
Take a raw InDesign-exported EPUB and cleaning it up with accessibility in mind. Adding semantics, page breaks, HTML 5, clean CSS, and accessibility metadata.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Validation and Testing (video)
Introduction to validation and accessibility testing tools including a demonstration of their limitations. Introduction to testing for accessibility with screen readers, voice over, etc.
Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step