tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post6009507321930517365..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Digital books: Will form affect content?Linda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-89745839369477814772011-02-17T09:04:37.555-05:002011-02-17T09:04:37.555-05:00Loreen - A thoughtful and necessary post. I'm ...Loreen - A thoughtful and necessary post. I'm glad to see authors/artists thinking about this! Leanne, I do suspect that soon, publishers WILL retrofit picture book designs to be compatible with tablets. We already are used to organizing a book according to the constraints of a picture book (i.e. keep important stuff out of the gutter, etc.), so this is a logical extension. Content, prose, and art are the holy trinity; form, for me, anyway, is less so, so I don't feel it will be compromising (or blaspheming) to design a print book with dimensions that will transfer well to digital.Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-85352014719606022442011-02-16T08:39:02.941-05:002011-02-16T08:39:02.941-05:00I suspect it’s pretty difficult(!)
One example wo...I suspect it’s pretty difficult(!)<br /><br />One example would be that even though today's tablets need a fairly low resolution image (so the file sizes don't get too large) in the future tablets will probably be able to display larger images. So, when preparing artwork, you can work in a higher resolution, then downsample as the last step. For future editions, you won't downsample as much.<br /><br />Re book size control, I propose a size/shape, but it may have to be altered for various reasons. The idea of making the page size adaptable to print AND digital is something publishers should be interested in because it benefits them, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783236322334230920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-26535051440413539922011-02-16T08:15:03.860-05:002011-02-16T08:15:03.860-05:00Do you really think it is possible to "future...Do you really think it is possible to "future proof" the content? Do you have a lot of control over book shape, size and layout? I sometimes have control over layout, but usually shape and size (and amount of text per # of pages) is dictated by the client... <br /><br />Interesting issues to think of when deciding on formats for upcoming books...Leanne Fransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318369440363696129noreply@blogger.com