Moxyland and embedded audio
In the next few months, the IDPF will finalise and publish the EPUB 3 standard, the latest generation of specifications for the leading ebook file format. Geekier book people think about it a lot. For the less geeky, it means ebooks will get more bells and whistles, because everyone is … More
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8 July 2011
Posted in Blog, Our work
Tagged audio, ebook, EPUB 3, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland
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Being Different Together
I really enjoyed working on this project. First of all, friend and editor extraordinaire Nicola Rijsdijk managed the editing process, which was a huge undertaking. By the time the text arrived for me to work with, it was clean and straightforward. Second, the client – Intercultural and Diversity Studies at … More
Repackaging old editions
Moving office recently, we unearthed a bunch of old files. Among these, a project for author Hamilton Wende (aka Tony). Tony was working on his third book, The King’s Shilling, which would later be published by Jacana. His previous two books, True North and Deadlines from the Edge, were no longer … More
Academic cover design
We do a lot of work for scholarly publishers, partly a result of my background in this industry. Cover designs for these can be tough. Here are a few examples (click to enlarge). The African Journal of Rhetoric was produced by my colleague Silma Parker, and I did the … More
Tiny book, big name
This has to be the most fun I’ve had making a book ever: The Adventures of the Very Brave and Particular Nose. Bestselling crime novelist Margie Orford asked us to make this tiny children’s book to raise money for the Shine Centre. The Shine Centre pairs children who struggle with … More
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30 September 2008
Posted in Blog, Our work, Praise for EBW
Tagged Children's books, Margie Orford
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