About three years ago, Rachel Comerford began two digital journeys: interpreting, applying, and developing ebook standards; and online dating. Join her for an exploration of the intersection of romantic disappointment and grand ebook expectations where Rachel will explain everything from her first commit (to github, that is), her profile errors, and how she handles trust issues.

1. EPUB & Chill
finding ebooks worth
a right swipe

2. Rachel Comerford
Senior Director
Content Standards and
Accessibility
Rachel.Comerford@macmillan.com
@rallyfora11y
Macmillan Learning Iris Febres Original!

3. Have you read all or part of the EPUB,
EPUB for Education, or Accessible
EPUB documentation?

4. Have you, now or in the past, tried
online dating?

5. Are you still online dating?

6. Are you a single male seeking a
single female?

8. 1. Remember Your Audience
2. Use Standards
3. Be Transparent
4. Don’t Play Hard to Get

9. Remember Your Audience.
Please.

12. Meet Your Audience Where They
Are:
Use the Standards

17. Tell Me About Yourself:
Use Metadata

18. Expose your
metadata,
Not yourself

19. Helpful! Not helpful
in the
slightest.

20. ● Schema:
http://schema.org/Book
● ONIX:
http://bisg.org/general/c
ustom.asp?page=ONIXf
orBooks
● Accessibility:
https://www.w3.org/wiki/
WebSchemas/Accessibil
ity