So what does this reflowable/fixed layout thing actually mean for you as a designer? This means if you export your EPUB to one of the above formats, you’re good to go ahead and sell your eBook on a commercial eBook or eMagazine site. So What Does This Mean for You?īoth reflowable and fixed layout EPUBs are in line with the most recent specification for EPUBs, which is 3.0.1.
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This actually works really well for more complex eBooks and eMagazines, that perhaps contain a lot of images and have intricate layouts that would suffer if they had a reflowable digital format. The final result may appear a bit more like a PDF (though take note that a PDF is different to an EPUB). Fixed Layout EPUBsĪ fixed layout EPUB is just that-the layout is fixed and doesn’t behave responsively when the reader views it. Most text-heavy publications, like novels and textbooks, will be set in a reflowable EPUB format. You can also change the size of the text and even the typeface in a reflowable EPUB. This will force the lines of text to expand and break onto other lines to ‘reflow’. Reflowable EPUBsĪ reflowable EPUB contains ‘live text’, which you can select, highlight and search. EPUBs come in two different formats- Reflowable and Fixed Layout. The structure of an EPUB is based on HTML, just like a web page, and it’s viewable on a range of digital devices, including tablets, laptops, desktop computers and specialist eReader devices. Let’s talk about the EPUB (Electronic Publication Format), a big over-arching term which can be applied to lots of different digital publications, but of which the most commonly known version is the eBook. Either way, you need to know what different digital formats are, and what they are suitable for. You may be more used to print design for books and magazines, or you might be completely new to digital publication design.
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In this article, I’ll share with you some professional tips for creating digital publications, and let you in on some of the secrets to making the most of the exciting world of digital design. This exciting new medium presents both new opportunities and new challenges for designers.
Books and magazines are continuing to flourish in the digital age by adapting to EPUB and eMagazine formats.
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