{"product_id":"ebooks-and-editors-what-you-need-to-know-paperback","title":"Ebooks and Editors: What you need to know - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the editor's role in the production of an ebook? How does role of a proofreader change with an ebook? Editor and ebook designer, Kevin Callahan addresses these questions in this second edition of \u003cem\u003eEbooks and Editors: What You Need to Know\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ebook designer, copyeditor, and proofreader are all on the same team making books for multitudes of readers: travelers picking up a paperback at the airport, library patrons borrowing ebooks, and blind readers using text-to-speech functions in e-reader software. The more understanding they have of each other's roles, the better work they will produce. Editors can help by ensuring the text is well structured and consistent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen working with ebooks, editors need to become familiar with technology and pay attention to unfamiliar details. But the challenges have a big payoff: More people than ever can read a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEbooks provide opportunities to make the text clearer and presentation useful in a unique way. The very nature of ebooks allows \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e readers to adjust size, font, screen orientation, and other features that make reading more accessible for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe want everyone to read when\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethey want to, where\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethey want to, and how\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethey want to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ebook is a book. When a hardcover novel is reissued in paperback, no one questions if it's the same novel. When it's recorded as an audiobook, we take for granted that the narration is faithful to the print document.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, an ebook is the same. It transfers content from one format to another. It may have some features added, but the heart of the book is as faithful to the print edition as are paperbacks. There are differences in format and device capability. This booklet will only address reflowable, EPUB-based ebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike their print counterparts, ebooks contain text and images, but they have unique elements: Accessible reading features, including customizable settings via font and size adjustments, contrast enhancements, and fonts for dyslexic readers; embedded image descriptions to enhance text and caption information; several layers and types of contents listings and book navigation; inside-the-book hyperlinked cross references, indexes, footnotes, and endnotes; hyperlinks to external websites; and, audio and video. Not every ebook has all these elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the editor's role in the production of an ebook? How does role of a proofreader change with an ebook? There are of number of things a good editor can do to facilitate a good ebook experience for a reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile copyediting, an editor is marking head-level hierarchy, bold, italics, and numbered lists; querying the author on language choice; revealing the structure for the designer, typesetter, and ebook developer; and building a stylesheet for the proofreader to check against.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a manuscript you're editing will be published as an ebook (a very likely situation), an editor will be able to do a more complete and universally usable edit if they know what to expect going in. It's helpful to know how an ebook is made, and what pieces it contains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52501972844851,"sku":"9781880407448","price":32.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bWg3dm5QSGJHUk9MVWdhUkZESkNKQT09.webp?v=1760151552","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ebooks-and-editors-what-you-need-to-know-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}