[Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?

[Brusnighan, Dean A.]

Thank you both for your insights. That helps me, and I will pass this along to the group so it can help them, too.

Dean

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Dean Brusnighan
Assistive Technology Specialist
Purdue University, Young Hall
155 S. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108
Phone: 765-494-9082
dabrus at purdue.edu<mailto:dabrus at purdue.edu>
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From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:59 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?

Once thing to remember with EPUB: if you are using any of the "flowing" formats, you will lose the mark-up for print page number references unless you hand-code them in. If the print page numbers are important (for quoting citations, for example), you will need to pay attention to that detail.

With that issue in mind, I would recommend going to both PDF and EPUB directly from the Word file. Folks who need the visual page to look exactly like the book and/or who need the print page numbers can use the PDF.



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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net<http://www.htctu.net/>
408-996-6043

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From: Victoria Lynn Getis [mailto:vgetis at northwestern.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:41 AM
To: gdietrich at htctu.net<mailto:gdietrich at htctu.net>; Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?

Hi,

I'd suggest ePub first. The nice thing about ePub format is that you can then convert what you've made into many, many other formats; if it is accessible in ePub, you've taken enormous strides in making it accessible in other formats.

For info on the ePub format: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/topic/epub/

On making an ePub and converting from ePub to other formats: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/08/27/ebook-guide-part-1/
On ePubs and accessibility: http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/09/17/ebook-guide-part-2/

(these posts are part of a 6-installment posting with instructions on every step of the way. You should be able to get from one post to the next pretty easily. If not, simply search "epub" on the site).

Good luck!

  Victoria
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From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu> [athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich [gdietrich at htctu.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:51 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?
I would suggest EPUB and PDF. EPUB will cover those who want audio access or want a mobile solution, and PDF will cover those who want visual access on a computer or who want to print out sections.


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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net<http://www.htctu.net/>
408-996-6043

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From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A.
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:25 PM
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Subject: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?

Hi,

I have a question about digital publishing of university documents.

Purdue's Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats. They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering.

They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I'm asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go?

Thanks in advance!

Dean

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Dean Brusnighan
Assistive Technology Specialist
Purdue University, Young Hall
155 S. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108
Phone: 765-494-9082
dabrus at purdue.edu<mailto:dabrus at purdue.edu>
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