"Crafting the Art (e)Book" - Tina Henderson at ebookcraft 2014, presented by BookNet Canada and eBOUND Canada - March 5, 2014.

1. Crafting the Art (e)Book
Tina Henderson • @tinahender • tina@tinahenderson.com

3. Why art books?

4. What is an art book?

5. What is art?
o_O
What is an art book?

6. What is an art book?
• book of photographs
• artist’s book
• graphic novel
• art textbook
• children’s book

7. What is an art book?
• book of photography
• artist’s book
• graphic novel
• art textbook
• children’s book
• exhibition catalogue
• catalogue raisonné

12. What do art book publishers
want?

13. What do art book publishers
want?
Quality

14. What are art book publishers
doing?

15. What are art book publishers
doing?
Experimenting
Researching

16. Formats/Tools

17. Formats/Tools

18. Web

22. Web (OSCI)

23. Custom app

25. DPS app

26. Multi-Touch iBook

28. Inkling

31. Fixed layout epub

35. Reflowable epub

40. PDF

43. Cai Guo-Qiang’s Odyssey

44. African Cosmos

47. Cesnola

49. Content

50. Questions to ask your clients

51. Questions to ask your clients
• What assets do you have or can you acquire?
• What’s more important: wide distribution or layout
control?
• Have rights been acquired to use the images in an
ebook?
• Have ebook licenses been acquired for the fonts?

52. Thank you