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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 20h

Pocket Potters – Little Guides to the Harry Potter Stories are now available as Accessible Fixed-Layout EPUBs made with Circular Software.
This has been a great project to work on and we are shortlisted for a Digital Publishing Award!
#eprdctn #a11y
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Groundbreaking No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB

When Pottermore Publishing, the global digital audiobook and eBook publisher of J.K.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 9d

I need a lie down

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not one to boast… but in the last 24hrs for Circular Software:

- Major update to publisher BookSite went live
- CircularFLO is shortlisted for Digital Publishing Award
- Signed another Big 5 publisher for GreenLight
- Completed a VIP A11y project
- Finalised designs for our Frankfurt stand

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Circular Software @circularsoftware.bsky.social · 9d

Circular Software is proud to be a finalist in the Digital Publishing Awards 2025.

Our No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB is shortlisted in the Process / Technology category.

Circular Software. Books made better.

www.circularsoftware.com
www.digital-publishing-award.com

The logos for Digital Publishing Award and Circular Software along with line No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB and the website www.digital-publishing-award.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 10d

Quotes from Paul Ford’s interesting article us14.campaign-archive.com and the tremendous ‘Context Window: AI in Media and Publishing’ weekly newsletter by @georgewalkley.com

Aboard Newsletter: Paywalls Victorious

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 10d

“Does a world of defensive paywalls suck? A lot! I hope better models emerge, but ultimately I want to read and look at very good stuff with my one wild and precious online life, and maybe the best way to create a marketplace of ideas is to actually, you know, pay for the goods.”

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 10d

“In a world of aggressive scraping and vanishing referral traffic, subscription models—not scale—are becoming the most reliable path to sustainability, leverage, and autonomy.”

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 16d

“Visual content triggered memory 74% faster and boosted emotional intensity by 26%.“
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Canva Visual Communication Report 2025: Trends & Insights

See how top teams use visual communication to boost clarity, speed, and business results. Discover trends, neuroscience, and benchmarks in the 2025 report.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 16d

Reading order is as important as image description for #a11y.
For InDesign #eprdctn users, Circular Software has you covered.

Reading Order Tools panel showing buttons in two categories.
Reading Order category has Auto define reading order, Manually define reading order, Amend or clear reading order, Set markers visibility.
Region Navigation category has List reading order objects, Make panel from selected rows, Create page panel mask, Preview panels, Delete panels and panel masks.

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 23d

Big fan of Webflow. I use it for clients, for the Circular Software site and for project microsites. Join the event free online webflow.swoogo.com/wfc2025-online

Ken Jones badge showing I'm attending WebflowConf2025 Sept 17 & 18 today and tomorrow.

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Aug 21

Done.

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Jul 21

I really just don’t understand Adobe lately.

A screenshot showing my Adobe text messages have recently being just a string of about 50 unintelligible and seemingly random characters.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just what I needed, thanks 👍

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thinking about this line from 'HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' today for some reason 😀

Quote from Douglas Adam - Extract from HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now. … What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.”

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Jun 6

Visual Studio Code. It’s free. Find and change across multiple files. Multi selections. Regex. Split windows. Code completion. Work in folders. Live previews. Tons of extensions. AI code completion (only if you are into that). MDN links. Themes. Customisable. Source controls. code.visualstudio.com

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

Visual Studio Code redefines AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Li...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 31

Learn the modern methods, tools and workflow for the design, edit, build and export of compelling and inclusive print and ebooks ready for EAA.
Only two places remain for our 3-day hands-on training in Dublin 18-20 June.
Plus added a one-day Editorial training session on 18th.
freshpagetraining.com

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 30

Get In The Loop people!
#indesign #eprdctn

Circular Software @circularsoftware.bsky.social · May 30

More email is what you need so we have launched a newsletter!

'The Loop' - Practical publishing insights from Circular Software.

In 'The Loop' this month – Reading Order
circular.software/theloop01

Sign up to get in The Loop - circularsoftware.com/theloop

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 19

🗓️ One month to go until Fresh Page Training takes our unique ‘Publishing Accessibility – Real World Hands-On Training’ course to Dublin!!

🤓 Experienced InDesign users are welcome! You will explore a fresh use of the tool you already know.

www.freshpagetraining.com

#eprdctn #a11y #indesignbetter

Fresh Page Training

Our three experienced trainers share the latest methods for preparing professional print ready artwork whilst also preparing the content and design ready for accessible digital use. Learn a fresh work...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 13

I'm looking forward to attending and speaking at the EDRLab Digital Publishing Summit in Dublin next month.
My talk is on 'New accessibility tools and methods for digital publishing' and covers applying a design system, reading order and image descriptions at scale.
www.edrlab.org/events/digit...

Digital Publishing Summit 2025 – EDRLab

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 9

OK please read this and have a good weekend. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

www.nature.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 9

I refer the honourable person to the answer I gave a few moments ago.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 9

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Nature Magazine and the Context Window newsletter.

CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 6

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I recommend the www.georgewalkley.com/newsletter/ Context Window newsletter for keeping up with AI in Media and Publishing.

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

www.nature.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 9

Hmm. I followed and shared a link from a well respected source’s newsletter to a legitimate site and article and followed up with another supporting article from a well known scientific journal.
But should I believe a random swearing stranger presenting no evidence instead?

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · May 6

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I recommend the www.georgewalkley.com/newsletter/ Context Window newsletter for keeping up with AI in Media and Publishing.

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

www.nature.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · Apr 18

This is pretty damning!
As publishers we need to do better that this…

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