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NANTUCKET LIT PHLOG

WINNIE-THE-POOH BACK UP FOR BETA-TESTING

NJB // 2023-01-18 // Broomfield, CO

© 2023 Nantucket E-Books LLC

CC-BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

I have re-uploaded Winnie-the-Pooh to this site as part of beta-testing for
Version 3.0 of the software. You can read *Winnie the Pooh* here
(https://nantucketebooks.com/ebooks/pd/winnie-the-pooh). 

There are two features I'd like to highlight: 

First, all 115 images in *Winnie-the-Pooh* have alt text. In my year on
Mastodon, I have learned that alt text on images is not only a nice thing to
have, but a vitual necessity for many. I have tried to include alt text
whenever I post images to Mastodon or Twitter, though my record is far from
perfect.

It's easy to add alt text to images in Nantucket E-Books: the three kinds of
images: cover images (@@COVERMG), illustrations (@@ILLO), and "plain" images
(@@IMG), all support an ":alt" attribute, which will add an "alt" attribute to
the <img> element in the rendered HTML. 

Second, E.H. Shepard's illustrations for *Winnie-the-Pooh* are all monochrome,
for the most part, and I have tried to take advantage of that. I have edited
all the images to use transparent backgrounds. In normal mode, that means the
images really meld into the seashell backgrunds of the e-books. In dark mode,
the images invert, giving readers white drawings on an off-dark background.
With Nantucket E-Books@tm@, PNG images can be integrated into the e-books on a
deep level, they really feel like they are part of the e-book. 

What do you think? If you're a proponent of alt text, I would like to know how
I can write better alt text. If you have criticisms, this beta-testing period
is the ideal time for me to take my licks. 

Send your comments to **njb@nantucketebooks.com**, and I'll include them on
this page. 


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