Electronic Publishing Construction Kit: Creating Multimedia for Disk, CD-ROM, and the Internet [Paperback]

Scott Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471128546 | ISBN-13: 978-0471128540 | Publication Date: June 1, 1996

Everything you'll need to publish on disk, CD-ROM and the World Wide Web.

Scott Johnson, one of the creators of the award-winning HyperWriter Software, reviews the basics of hypertext and multimedia, explains how to quickly master electronic publishing for CD-ROM and the Internet. Drawing on the powerful software included in the CD-ROM, Johnson leads you through each step and provides hands-on instruction on every phase of electronic publishing. Electronic Construction Publishing Kit provides you with all of the information necessary to build any other type of digital publication, including books, zines, promos, and much more.

Includes CD-ROM with more than $300 worth of software including:

• HyperWriter, a commercial multimedia software package.
• A built-in HTML converter to convert your HyperWriter documents into Web pages. A Hypertext edition of the book and four other examples of electronic publishing.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Designer of the award-winning HyperWriter Johnson provides nontechnical readers with everything they need to create hypertext applications that can be distributed on disk, CD-ROM or as Web pages on the Internet. He begins by explaining exactly what hypertext is, what it can be used for, what types of information are well-suited to hypertext and how hypertext documents have been implemented to build the Internet's World Wide Web. The bulk of the book includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the accompanying software on the CD-ROM to create hypertext applications and details all the considerations involved--from designing the interface and structuring the information to technical and legal issues.

About the Author

Scott Johnson is co-founder and President of INTEGAID. He is the creator of HyperWriter, which won PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for best Hypertext software. He also wrote the software documentation for HyperWriter and has trained hundreds of people in how to use the software.

Product Details

• Paperback: 617 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471128546
• ISBN-13: 978-0471128540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,264,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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