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    Are you ready to use InDesign on the web?

    A look at new and upcoming new methods for online copy editing, commenting and review and considering whether we should be changing our publishing wor…
    Ken Jones January 18, 2021
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    Ask Bec: How can I improve my productivity and make work more fun?

    In a one-off agony aunt feature, our blog editor, Abbie Headon, has a problem. Can productivity guru Bec Evans of Prolifiko help her out? Abbie…

    Bec Evans August 24, 2020
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    Listen up! Audiobooks finally get a standard

    Audiobooks are cool. They are so cool that they don’t need no rules. Having worked with ebooks for a long while, where we have had…

    Ken Jones June 26, 2020

    Why Oriel Square use the Agile manifesto and principles to lead projects and work effectively

    Many organisations who are not themselves fundamentally or solely digital are interested in how ‘Agile’ might apply to them and their working practices. Many others…

    Sam Derby April 13, 2020
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    A typesetting goldmine: Peter Kahrel’s online repository of free scripts

    At first glance, it may not look like much—but Peter Kahrel’s extensive online repository of free scripts is an essential resource for anyone who works…

    Peter Kahrel February 24, 2020
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    BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Production – exploring the world outside Adobe

    Wednesday 12 February saw the first BookMachine Unplugged event of 2020, with a packed house filling the Arboretum in Covent Garden. Just as with the…

    Abbie Headon February 14, 2020
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    Automation is great, but it won’t work for my books…

    The most common feedback from publishers when chatting about automation is the belief that their publications are beyond what automation can do. As a book…

    Damian Gibbs February 3, 2020
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    The Publishing Machine: How automation makes space for creativity

    It is a curious thing, publishing books. I’ve never been sure if it is more art or science; either way, there is no doubt that…

    Damian Gibbs November 25, 2019
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    What publishers need to know about git (distributed version control system)

    Git is a free to use distributed version control software for tracking changes in software development. However, the benefits of using a fully-fledged version control…

    Anna Cunnane August 28, 2019
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    Top 5 tips to publish your interactive content with confidence

    Beyond creating a cover and converting an MS Word file, ebooks are evolving – exponentially. Yet, bridging the gap between traditional print methods with digital…

    Bee Kapitan August 27, 2019
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    Happy New CC 2019. Adobe updates its creative cloud software

    Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager and Publishing Software Trainer for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for many years and now offers software,…

    Ken Jones October 29, 2018
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    From here to Affinity?

    Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager and Publishing Software Trainer for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for several years and now offers…

    Ken Jones August 25, 2018
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    Nuggets of Word wisdom

    Guy van der Kolk first got hooked on publishing while attending an international school in Ivory Coast, where he used Pagemaker, Photoshop and an Apple…

    Guy van der Kolk April 30, 2018
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    CMYK is not a colour

    Ken Jones runs Circular Software. He was Technical Production Manager for Penguin and Dorling Kindersley for several years and has since advised publishers such as…

    Ken Jones April 30, 2018
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    Your 300dpi images may be wrong for two reasons

    This is post by Ken Jones – member of the BookMachine Editorial Board. Ken specialises in writing workflow applications and offering training and consultancy for publishers…

    Ken Jones March 27, 2018
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