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EBook basics for authors (part 1: formatting)

March 13, 2013
Tags: ebooks, ePub, mobi, Kindle, Formatting
Updated March 13, 2013. Original post appeared May 12, 2011.

Mobi and ePub are the two basic eBook formats
It's not enough to know which book you want to read; now you need to know which devices will read which books, with which features. At a tutorial on eBook basics organized by the Washington (DC) Biography Group, we learned that the main standard formats for eBooks are ePub (for most e-readers) and Mobi (the proprietary format read by Amazon’s Kindle) Read More 
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Online Tutorials on Proofing and Copy Editing

March 2, 2013
Tags: editing, copy editing, copyediting, mark-ups, Adobe Acrobat Reader, trimming flab

Updated 12-24.

You can learn a lot about editing online, sometimes for free. Here are good examples of what's out there:
• Edit a PDF (free trial, Adobe Acrobat)
• Editing in Acrobat — Just don’t go there! Editing is not one of the things Acrobat does well. Worse yet, Adobe periodically changes the interface — as far as I can tell, specifically to annoy us all. (Geoffrey Hart, Tech Talk, An American Editor, 12-6-24)
• PDF Markup Basics for Proofreaders (Adrienne Montgomerie, SciEditor, 9-23) Marking up changes on PDF production proofs uses the Comments tools, NOT the Edit tools. Watch the video to learn to use the tools that proofreaders (and other production pros like editors) need to mark up corrections on a PDF using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Pro). A great way to show the process. Browse the site for more practical tips and information.
• Mark up text with edits (Adobe Acrobat) Scroll down to "More Like This" for helpful links to Sharing PDFs and collaborating, starting or participating in a PDF review, commenting and managing comments on PDFs, and filling and signing a PDF.
• How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader XI to mark up a PDF

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Evernote (Productivity Tools for Writers and Editors)

March 2, 2013
Tags: productivity tools, timesavers, footnotes, endnotes, Archives, organizing notes
"Once you get it, they say, you live and die by Evernote, the five-year-old, everything-in-one-place personal organization application that is hyped by its creators as your 'external brain.'" So writes Rob Walker on Bloomberg BusinessWeek (As Evernote's Cult Grows, the Business Market Beckons , 2-28-13). Read More 
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Bad Behavior: Rights bandits on the Wild Web

January 18, 2013
Tags: copyright, Rights, Buzzfeed
In this space (updated occasionally) I'm posting links to stories about egregious violations of creators' rights (rights of writers, photographers, artists, or other original creators of original works). On this week's Bad Behavior' Roundup:
• BuzzFeed announces $19.3m  Read More 
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PEN Literary Awards offer generous, prestigious honors

January 14, 2013
Tags: PEN, ESPN, literary awards, prizes, honors
February 1 is the deadline for nominations for the fairly lucrative PEN Literary Awards. Each year, with the help of its partners and supporters, PEN confers more than $150,000 to writers in the fields of fiction, science writing, essays, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, translation, drama, or poetry. Full details are here: http://www.pen.org/literary-awards

PEN's several awards are described below:
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