This week Adobe InDesign lost its product manager who had been guiding the digital design tool for the past 6 years, first as the InDesign Server product manager, then as the product manager for the InDesign product family. Having worked at Adobe for more than a decade, Chris Kitchener brought…
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On election night we’re reminded of the importance of print publications, and how design tools such as Adobe InDesign continue to play a role in design, communications and marketing. Candidates for local offices and state-wide positions blanketed voters with political mailings, post cards…
Apple has announced changes to its iBooks store in an effort to get more authors and content onto their platform for distributing eBooks to users of iPads and other Apple devices, As part of the updates, Apple is now reviewing eBook submissions to their iBooks store more quickly, allowing more…
Adobe Digital Editions is the e-book reader from Adobe Systems for viewing ebook files on desktop and notebook computers, both Mac and Windows. The core technology is also used in some popular e-reading devices as well. Many libraries also use Adobe Digital Editions for their patrons to read…
Book retailer Barnes & Noble tried to reinvent their business when they started selling the Nook eBook readers. The initial eBook readers started out as black and white devices for reading text on screen. Later, the retailer expanded into color eBook readers that also provided access to…
Amazon is showing how much of a powerful force they are in the book market. In an effort to extract more money from publisher Hachette, Amazon has started to list some books as unavailable, even though they are widely available from other retailers, or completely removed pages promoting the…
Publishers of books have seen a rapid shift to digital content. From textbooks being read on an iPad to novels being enjoyed on a Kindle, the growth of digital content is dramatic. For those involved in book creation, InDesign has been struggling to keep pace with the rapid changes in reading…
A digital designer's tools are typically separated by the tasks that they're performing. For instance, publishers and marketers might use Adobe InDesign to accomplish different goals, but at its core, the work this software accomplishes is largely the same - the snap-to grid will…
With so much emphasis placed on digital these days, you could be forgiven for assuming that Adobe InDesign is only used by professionals in the traditional publishing industry. However, this is not necessarily the case. Today's creative professionals in a range of industries use Adobe…
The chances are pretty good that you've at least heard the term "desktop publishing" at some point. However, you may not be so sure what this actually means. Desktop publishing revolutionized many industries when it rose to prominence in the mid- to late-1980s, and today, Adobe…