eBooksJames Little

Kirsten Thompson

Overview“This session is designed to be an introduction to publishing your content as ebooks for education and research.

This session will guide you through the current ebook publishing options and provide some hands on experience to publish your content. The session will cover the various formats available and highlight issues to be aware of around interoperability and accessibility. Examples of real-world use and best practice will be discussed.”

Overview● What are eBooks (activity one?)

○ The new publishing landscape (wider context)○ Why eBooks?

■ Advantages○ Types○ Consuming eBooks

● Creating eBooks○ Authoring○ Publishing○ Your turn

● What’s next?○ New academic landscape at Leeds?○ Get involved?

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The new publishing landscape

Distribution

Increased availability of physical books and digital formats through through the internet.

Physical delivery and digital delivery.

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The new publishing landscape

Consumption

Physical books still around but growing use of digital formats and devices:

In late 2010 sales of ebooks overtook physical books on Amazon.com

Source: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/01/27/milestone-kindle-books-overtake-paperback-books-on-amazon-com/#!pjBK7accessed Dec 2013

http://owni.eu/2011/04/20/what-books-will-become/

Accessed Dec 2013 - Source: http://www.magazine.org/ via http://greatmarketingworks.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/an-old-blog-about-how-the-digital-publishing-landscape-is-changing-due-to-tablets/

The new publishing landscape

Self-Publishing

Easier for people to self-publish.

“ reveals quarter of Kindle ebook sales in US were for indie publishers”

Source http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/04/amazon-kindle-ebook-sales-indie-publishersaccessed Dec 2013

Activity One: Personal aims of session

1. What are you hoping to get out of the session?

2. Who has read an ebook?:a. How (what book/publisher/device)b. What was your experience?

3. Who has created an ebook?: a. How (what book/publisher/device)

What are eBooks?eBooks are digital resources that can be read on a variety of devices from tablets, phones and computers.

eBook readers such as Amazon’s Kindle and iBooks App on the iPad have popularised ebooks over the last few years.

There are multiple standards for ebooks and different features with each standard.

What are eBooks?Websites and other digital content versus ebooks?

The main difference between ebooks and other digital content is the attempt to reproduce some of the reading experience of a physical book – both in the layout of pages and the ease of use for navigation.

There are currently many choices of how to read and create ebooks.

DifferenceseBooks, as with many digital resources, have some advantages over traditional books:

● Can easily be amended, updated and distributed● Can be interactive with illustrations, 3D visualisations● Links can be made to web-based resources and further reading● Great for accessibility: Text size can be changed and spoken out

loud● Multiple bookmarks and notes can be made and stored along

with the book.● Multiple publishing options

What are eBooks?eBook StandardsAt the moment there are around 16 ‘standards’ for ebooks but there are currently 5 that are most popular:1. EPUB – A free an open standard that many devices support reading. Has support

for interactivity, video and pictures.2. Amazon Kindle Format – A standard that is propriety and used by Amazon’s

Kindle readers and for ebooks sold through the Amazon website. Now includes some interactivity and links to additional content

3. Apple iBooks – Another propriety standard (based on the EPUB standard)that requires and iPad or iPhone to read. Currently has the highest amount of interactivity and scope for additional features. Distributed through the Apple iBookstore.

4. Adobe PDF – A standard originally designed for containing printable versions of documents. Can be read on a wide variety of devices using Adobe Reader or without any additional software. Perhaps the most basic of the formats.

5. HTML5/CSS – Essentially an internet webpage that is often created in a way to recreate a book-like feel. Can be read on any device with an internet browser.

ebooks

PDF

Kindle

iBooks

Journals Self-publishing

Amazon Kindle Reader

Self-publishing

Commercial Publishers

Apple iBooks Author

HTML5/CSS

EPUB

Format

Consumption

Authoring Tool

Self-publishing

Commercial Publishers

Amazon Kindle Reader

iPad

iPadAmazon Kindle Reader

Laptop/Desktop

Computer

Buying and Reading eBookseBooks can be purchased and read on many different devices from dedicated ebook-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle to software you can install on your computer, tablet or mobile phone.

eBooks can be obtained from many places – Apple’s iBookStore; Amazon’s website and many are free from educational websites and publishers.

ExamplesiBookStore

ExamplesHTML5/CSS

http://rrapid.leeds.ac.uk/RRAPID_eBook.html

ExamplesAmazon ebooks

Accessed from Amazon Dec 2013

Creating eBooksQuestions to think about:

1. Start with content and its purpose:a. Educational b. Research dissemination

2. What features would enable this:a. Interactive versus just text/images

3. Resources available to create (people, time, budget)4. How wide an audience/distribution

a. Small or large (within a class/cohort or worldwide)b. What publisher(s) to select

5. Accessibility6. IPR, ethics, copyright, OERS - other legal

Authoring ToolsMany available - choice depends on your needs

Product Provider Type of Service

eBook standard*s created

Interactivity/Features

Published via

iBooks Author Apple Application iBooks Images, 3D Models, Audio, Links

iTunes

Smashwords www.smashwords.com

Online service

Multiple Images, Links Multiple

Articulate Storyline Articulate Application HTML/CSS /Flash

Images, Audio, Links Website

Create a Website Web standards Online / Application

HTML/CSS Images, 3D Models, Audio, Links

Website

Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Microsoft Application PDF/Text Images, Audio, Links

Website

Adobe Acrobat Adobe Application PDF Images, Audio, Links Website

Kindle Direct Publishing https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/

Amazon Online Kindle Images, Audio, Links Amazon

http://www.jutoh.com/ Jutoh Application Multiple Dependent on format Multiple

http://www.lulu.com/publish/ebooks/

Lulu Application Multiple Dependent on format Multiple

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php

Scrivner Application Multiple Dependent on format Multiple

http://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre Application Multiple Dependent on format Multiple

Activity TwoExperience creating an ebook using Calibre

or

Use existing tools - PowerPoint Templates and PDF

What’s Next?Current Approaches

Highly InteractiveFor highly interactive ebooks for use on iPads is to use Apple’s iBooks Author which is the current market leader in terms of features in this area – but only available on Macs and published iBooks are only compatible with Apple mobile devices. Articulate Storyline offers a good alternative for Windows computers. Alternatively a well-resourced team can create an interactive experience using web standards HTML5 and CSS.

Widest Reaching

Another approach to create a spectrum of versions – one using Apple’s iBooks Author, the other using Microsoft Word and then using a tool such as Smashwords which will produce copies in multiple formats.

What’s Next?University of Leeds - BLLTIG

13/01 A number of individuals across the institution have produced eBooks using the Apple iBook Author tool and wish to publish these within the Apple Bookstore for distribution to registered students and for download by external learners. The Group agreed that there should be a University-owned channel in the iBook Store and the benefits of using this channel rather than a personal account (support from the Digital Learning Team, brand association and so on) will be promoted to staff. This recommendation will be forwarded to BLSG for endorsement.

from 23 October 2013 minutes

Thank You

Publishing ProcessPublishing Options

● Platform tied to specific tool● Specific Publishing platform● Service publishing to many platforms.

Resources and people needed to create?

Authoring Tools|Publishing Platforms|Consumption Devices