Stylesheets of Recently Published eBooks to Study?

cssQuest · 09-17-2015, 06:41 PM

I'm brand new to ebook formatting and I want to study stylesheets of recently published ebooks to use them as a guide for learning how to create my own stylesheets. I studied the ones from EPUB Zen Garden, but those are five years old (it seems).

Are you aware of any resources that might help with this? (links, collections, coding books, etc)

Thank you.

AlexBell · 09-18-2015, 04:36 AM

There are lots of ePub ebooks in the MobileRead library, all free. Have you thought of looking there? I doubt that you will find a 'one best way', but looking at other people's ebooks was one of the things when I was starting.

theducks · 09-18-2015, 09:52 AM

I made a 'sampler' book of my (style) code experiments (mostly chapter headings and first paragraphs)

This is also a great way to learn HTML/CSS

Also, remember to always VIEW your masterpieces on target devices (don't just trust emulators; if it looks GOOD. OTOH if it looks BAD, it ain't gonna get better

)

Many of the PC 'Viewers' support features that are NOT available on devices. They also have access to SYSTEM fonts that are not on devices.
Devices also have their own ways of doing things ('we know best'

)
and the have screens that run from tiny to wall size. Monochrome to a bazillion colors.

cssQuest · 09-19-2015, 02:33 PM

Thank you. I'll look through these.

09-17-2015, 06:41 PM	#1
cssQuest Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: none	Stylesheets of Recently Published eBooks to Study? I'm brand new to ebook formatting and I want to study stylesheets of recently published ebooks to use them as a guide for learning how to create my own stylesheets. I studied the ones from EPUB Zen Garden, but those are five years old (it seems). Are you aware of any resources that might help with this? (links, collections, coding books, etc) Thank you.

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09-18-2015, 04:36 AM	#2
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	There are lots of ePub ebooks in the MobileRead library, all free. Have you thought of looking there? I doubt that you will find a 'one best way', but looking at other people's ebooks was one of the things when I was starting.

09-18-2015, 09:52 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,037 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I made a 'sampler' book of my (style) code experiments (mostly chapter headings and first paragraphs) This is also a great way to learn HTML/CSS Also, remember to always VIEW your masterpieces on target devices (don't just trust emulators; if it looks GOOD. OTOH if it looks BAD, it ain't gonna get better ) Many of the PC 'Viewers' support features that are NOT available on devices. They also have access to SYSTEM fonts that are not on devices. Devices also have their own ways of doing things ('we know best' ) and the have screens that run from tiny to wall size. Monochrome to a bazillion colors.

09-19-2015, 02:33 PM	#4
cssQuest Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: none	Thank you. I'll look through these.

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