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The Internet is filled with resources for helping you understand the changing landscape of eBook publishing — especially publishing in the EPUB format. Here are a few places you can go for further information:

EPUB

■_{Comparison of e-book readers and formats:}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

■_{Apple’s list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about distributing}

ePub publications in their iBookstore

http://www.apple.com/itunes/content-providers/book-faq.html

■_{“The newbie’s Guide to Publishing” by J.A. konrath.}

http://www.jakonrath.com/writers.htm

■_{“Help for writers timid about technology”}

http://www.authortechtips.com/

■_{BookBaby.com has lots of advice about avoiding pitfalls when}

creating EPUB files

http://blog.bookbaby.com

■_{MobileRead.com has a wide variety of posts on news about eBook}

publishing. The forums are a goldmine for EPUB information.

http://www.mobileread.com/

■_{52 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers: a list of even more online resources.}

http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/11/52-great-blogs-for-self-publishers/

■_{“Smashwords Book Marketing Guide”: a collection of marketing tips.}

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/305

■_{“Smashwords Style Guide”: a free eBook By Mark Coker,}

Step-by-step instructions to create, format and publish an eBook.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52

iPad apps

■_{“App Studio Step-by-step: Quick reference to publishing to the iPad}

with App Studio”:

http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/Quark_Training/learning_ App_Studio.aspx

■_{Quark’s App Studio how-to videos:}

http://www.quark.com/About_Quark/Events/OnDemandSearch.aspx.

(Look for the videos named “App Studio - Part I” and “App Studio - Part 2”)

Glossary

Aggregator An aggregator helps authors and publishers submit their eBooks to multiple online retailers. They often manage the retailer relationships, the accounting, and some of the publishing details for the author or publisher. Fees range from a percentage of the sale to a one-time fee for distribution.

App Studio app Your app that you create using App Studio Factory. An App Studio

app is a customised and branded reader that lets your customers download and read App Studio issues. You can create an App Studio app either using one of the pre-defined app templates in App Studio Factory or with the App Studio Framework. Your App Studio app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for use on the iPad.

App Studio app certificate A file created by the App Studio Publishing Portal that is required in order to build an app using App Studio Factory. The certificate is the glue that connects the app with the app definition and setup on the Publishing Portal.

App Studio Factory Standalone Mac OS X software included with QuarkXPress 9.1 or later that enables you to create customised App Studio apps using one of the predefined templates.

App Studio Factory app template App Studio Factory comes with several app templates that offer different functionalities, such as the ability to download issues or the ability to embed a single issue app. You can customise App Studio templates with your own branding and design. Additional app templates can be downloaded from the Quark website.

App Studio Factory app template license A license to use a particular App Studio

Factory app template. App template licenses can be purchased on the Quark Store or from an Authorised Quark Reseller. Note that if you use the App Studio Framework to create your app, you do not need this license, because your purchase of the Framework includes a license to create an unlimited number of App Studio apps. GlOSSARY

App Studio issue A high-end interactive content file that you create in QuarkXPress 9.1 and export as an AVE-Doc or AVE-Mag file to be read by your App Studio app.

App Studio issue license pack You can create App Studio issue files for free using QuarkXPress 9.1. When you are ready to publish an issue file to an App Studio app, you must purchase an App Studio issue license pack. These are available in a variety of quantities.

App Studio Issue Previewer A free app that lets you test your App Studio issues. Download this app to your iPad from the Apple App Store, or install it on your Mac and run it in the iOS Simulator.

App Studio layout A dedicated layout space available in QuarkXPress 9.1 and later for the creation of App Studio issues. This layout type has specific properties to make the design process more efficient, such as the ability to manage layouts for multiple devices and orientations, as well as the ability to synchronise content and page properties between them.

App Studio Publishing Portal A free Web site where App Studio customers can manage their App Studio apps and issue files. Here you can also redeem App Studio Factory app template licenses and App Studio issue license packs.

App Studio Reader Framework Development framework for larger organisations

that may want to create highly customised apps. You can license the Framework from Quark.

Apple App Store Apple’s online store for browsing, purchasing, and downloading apps for its iOS devices. Also known as the iTunes Store.

AvE The file format for an App Studio issue. There are two AVE file types: AVE-Mag

and AVE-Doc. AVE-Mag is the primary format for App Studio issues and provides the most advanced interactivity; the AVE-Doc format is simpler (similar to a PDF with multimedia elements) and is limited to basic zooming capabilities.

Distributor In Digital Publishing, a distributor is a company that places your publication into their online bookstore, collects payment from customers, keeps a portion of the price and delivers the remainder to you. Apple, Amazon and Barns and Noble are all distributors.

DRM DRM or Digital Rights Management refers to software embedded in a

“digital product” (such as an eBook) to prevent it from being used by anyone other than the person who bought it.

eBook eBook is a general term that includes not only EPUB, but also various proprietary formats that allow you to include multimedia (audio, video, slideshows, HTML etc.), rich layouts, and interactivity.

EPUB EPUB is the eBook file format that Apple’s eReader, iBooks, uses. Other

eReaders use this file format as well, though not all of them. (For programmers or dabbler programmers only: An EPUB file is basically a .zip file. Inside are a bunch of XHTML and CSS files that make up the eBook.)

EPUB 3 Not yet finalised as a successor to the current EPUB 2, EPUB 3 is likely to