Have you had a chance to browse the content library from our newly improved Tech Forum website? Now anyone, anywhere in the world has access to a repository of all the content we’ve created and shared as part of our event throughout the years.
From video recordings of virtual and in-person presentations to slides, podcast episodes, and blog posts, we’ve got a wealth of content in your preferred format.
In this new blog series, we’ll highlight sessions from our content library by topic, starting with ebooks. With over 100 pieces of content related to this topic, you can be sure to find sessions about a wide range of interests, including accessibility, tools and tips to incorporate into your workflows, scripting, quality control, and more.
If you’re looking for something in particular, here’s a quick guide on how to leverage the power of our website’s search engine.
How to make accessible ebooks: A workshop for beginners
Everyone’s talking about accessibility these days and it can be daunting if you don’t know where to start. Let this workshop be your starting place. Non-technical? No problem. This workshop is for everyone who wants to learn how to make accessible, ready-for-the-market ebooks, regardless of their department or previous experience with ebooks. Watch the video to get a plain language explainer of all the pieces of the ebook accessibility puzzle.
Find the video and slides here.
The user’s perspective: Accessibility features in action
Accessibility and Usability Consultant, Ka Li, from the National Network for Equitable Library Service, talks about how accessibility features are used (or can't be used) by people with print disabilities.
Find the video and a related blog post here.
When nothing ever goes out of print: Maintaining backlist ebooks
When ebooks make a publisher's dream of never having books go out of print become a reality, what editorial, production, and technical obstacles arise? Of the ebooks Teresa Elsey's group at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt releases each month, something like two-thirds are updates of existing ebooks rather than new ebooks. Besides the technology advances that affect the quality of those earlier conversions, those backlist ebooks aren't getting any more semantic, aren't getting any more legal, aren't getting any more accurate, and have increasingly irrelevant metadata. What challenges and questions arise when books turn into software and ebooks don't go away after you've made them?
Find the video, slides, and a related blog post and podcast episode here.
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