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Assessing the Convertability of Your Content for eBook Publishing

DCL Editorial — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:37:46 +0000

By Joe Gollner, Gnostyx Research Converting content can be a tricky business. Anyone who pretends otherwise is being naïve, or worse. It is a field where a very specialized body of knowledge and practice has evolved and that is available to help organizations to reposition their content to capitalize upon its value as the world [...]

Gotta Be Digital!

DCL Editorial — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:01:21 +0000

By Darrell W. Gunter, President and CEO, Gunter Media Group Introduction: Change is difficult for human beings to accept especially when change is brought upon us by external parties or forces. We have all benefited from change and based on history no doubt we will benefit from change in the future. Introduction Facts and Fiction [...]

Can E-Reading Really Be Social?

DCL Editorial — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:35:19 +0000

By Mercy Pilkington, Good E-Reader While social reading is on the rise among eBook developers, especially those who see the merits in the ability to let readers interact with each other within the confines of an academic work or textbook, the limitations of the services currently on the market left more than one API creator [...]

Best Practices: Structured Product Labeling – DCL Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:25:15 +0000

Register now! (May 17, 2012 @ 1PM EDT) Presenter: Howard Shatz, Project Manager, Data Conversion Laboratory Whether you are new to Structured Product Labeling or an old hand, this session will help you avoid some common pitfalls that can slow your process, compliance, and time to market. Join Data Conversion Laboratory’s Howard Shatz as he [...]

Reality Check: The Truth About Digital Revenue Streams – DCL Learning Series

DCL Editorial — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:32:36 +0000

Watch, now! Presenter: Darrell W. Gunter, CEO, Gunter Media Group We’ve heard the allure of digital revenue for more than a decade. Yet many publishers still report that print supersedes digital. And a majority of publishing organizations continue to structure people, processes, and tools to support a print-first environment. In 2012 the rules have changed. [...]

Best Practices: Preparing Content for Emerging Technologies – DCL Learning Series

DCL Editorial — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:25:30 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory & Vasont Systems present: Watch, now! Are you planning to migrate your document data to XML but don’t know where to start? Looking at delivering content online? Already doing it, but think you can do it more effectively? Have a lot of content and aren’t sure where to begin? Join DCL with [...]

Ask the Experts: Making the Move to eBooks – DCL Learning Series

DCL Editorial — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:23:27 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory presents: Ask the Experts: Making the Move to eBooks Watch Part 1, now! Register for Part 2, now! (June 14, 2012 @ 1PM EDT) Register for Part 3, now! (July 25, 2012 @ 1PM EDT) In our socially-enabled, mobile world, customers expect us to be able to make content available to them [...]

As Britannica Goes Digital, NYPL Keeps Print Volumes

DCL Editorial — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:00:59 +0000

It’s been 244 years since Encyclopaedia Britannica printed its first volume, and now, in the year 2012, it’s going all digital. A blog post on Britannica’s site explains that the founders were on a mission “to bring scholarly knowledge through a rigorous editorial process to as many knowledge seekers as possible.” They go on to [...]

Got a New iPad? Rest Your Arms!

DCL Editorial — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:04:47 +0000

Something making its way around the internet since the launch of the new Apple iPad is a claim by “UK’s leading shoulder doctor,” Tony Kochhar, that he is treating up to 20 patients a week for a pain that is becoming known as “iPad Shoulder.” Doctor Kochhar suggests that iPad and iPhone users should try [...]

Adaptive Content for Multiple Devices – Ann Rockley Webinar Companion Article

DCL Editorial — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:57:17 +0000

By Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group This article is a companion to our upcoming webinar with Ann Rockley of the same title. Register for this webinar, now! (March 14, 2012 @ 1PM EDT) Organizations have fallen into the same trap that they fell into years ago when print was the dominant format for communication. Print-oriented [...]