Ebooks 101 for Editors: Foundation

presented by Sarah JH Fletcher

When: Saturday 15 October2016, 9 am to 5 pm
Where:Ruth Fairfax House, 89–95 Gregory Tce, Spring Hill
How much: $240members; $330 non-members(Early-bird $210 and $290)
Closing date for registration:Monday 10 October2016

What we’ll cover

Want to learn about ebooks, but not sure where to begin? This is the course for you. Through a mixture of demonstration, presentation and small-group discussion, you will explore key editorial questions about ebooks:

  • What is an ebook?
  • What is the role of the editor in ebook publishing?
  • How are ebooks created?
  • How do you assess the quality of an ebook?
  • How are errors in ebooks corrected?
  • How can editors best work with technical staff and outside suppliers?
  • What are some of the big-picture issues affecting ebook publishing?
  • What’s next?

After the course, you will be given access to an ebook and some optional hands-on correction exercises to try using free software.

About the workshop

There are no prerequisites for this course. This is a beginner-level course, designed for editorial staff with little (or no) experience with ebooks or code. It leads into the intermediate course Ebooks 201 for Editors: Intermediate on 16 October 2016.

Ebooks 101 for Editors focuses on the most popular ebook type: reflowable and text-focused. We will mention illustrated and fixed-format ebooks, but not discuss them in depth. We will not focus on marketing, distribution, pricing strategies, dealing with retailers, or app development.

About the presenter

Sarah JH Fletcher is a freelance editor specialising in ebooks. Shebegan her career inhouse at Random House Australia in the children's and young adult department, where she worked on the first ebook produced by RHA and helped develop the company's quality assurance processes for digital publishing. She then worked on adult titles at Murdoch Books Australia before going freelance in 2011. A longtime consumer of digital publishing, Sarah brings her editorial perspective to the development and testing of quality ebooks.

Register now!

Meanwhile, the early bird gets the discount – and a secure place in this valuable workshop.

Book before COB Monday 3 Octoberfor the lower rate: EdsQand QWC members $210;
non-members $290. After this date, EdsQand QWC members $240; non-members $330.

Registrations close on Monday 10 October.Morning and afternoon tea and lunch is included.

[$50 discount for those doing both 201 and 101, and those doing 201 who did 101 in 2014.]