Digital Content REMIX

 

IGP:Digital Publisher now has an amazingly powerful REMIX feature. The unique feature of the Digital Publisher REMIX feature is that it allows remixing of print editions and reflowable and fixed layout ePubs.

You can remix entire books, or just individual sections.

Why do we need REMIX?

There are many uses for remixing digital content. Just some of them are:

• Creating Omnibus editions
• Assembling sections such as short stories, poetry or other suitable content into new books.
• Serializing larger books.
• Creating sub-lesson sections of complete text books for distribution.
• Promotional sections and advertisements for different editions.
• Other REMIX power ideas not yet thought of.

The Remix Feature

The new Remix feature in IGP:Digital Publisher lets you add complete books, or book sections to a "Mixmark" list (that's a sort of bookmark list).

These can be organized into categories and can be used instantly at any time.

For licensees who want to know more, or the idly curious the user manual for IGP:Digital Publisher REMIX information is available on the LEARN@IGP IGP:Digital Publisher site.

Remixing Design Profiles

Some readers may know that IGP:Digital Publisher supports Design Profiles. You can read about Design Profiles here. Design profiles means any number of different print or e-book editions can be instantly produced from the application.

REMIX also handles multiple Design Profiles. When a book or section is remixed into another book all the Design Profile components, custom CSS, typography adjustments and more are remixed along with the content for each edition.

This means the remixed editions are instantly ready for business in multiple formats.

Why the Guy de Maupassant Covers?

A massive feature like REMIX needs large-scale testing. We used the 13 volumes of Guy de Maupassant Short Stories as our test set with multiple editions all being remixed.

The test cases have the following design profile formats:

• A5 Paperback print PDF
• A5 RGB PDF with bookmarks, etc.
• B5 Large Print print PDF
• ePub3 Reflowable
• Boring old Kindle Mobi.

Shortly we will be putting all these books online for the reading pleasure of all in whatever format you prefer. In addition to the 13 Volumes there will be three REMIX editions:

• Guy de Maupassant Short Stories Complete (Omnibus edition). This edition uses the REMIX books feature
• Guy de Maupassant Short Stories Sampler. Two stories from each edition. This edition uses the REMIX sections feature.
• Guy de Maupassant Selected Short Stories. 20 different stories from across the collection. This edition uses the REMIX sections feature.

The remix editions will be available in the same five formats as the 13 individual editions. Watch this space!

And in Conclusion

This post is an announcement of IGP:Digital Publisher REMIX; a significant new feature in IGP:Digital Publisher that empowers new publishing business strategies with advanced digital content.

REMIX is due for release to licensees and on the portals site on the 16 April 2013.