Podcast 215

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• InDesign Conference: Nov 3–5, 2014, in Seattle
• Anne-Marie’s new lynda.com course Creating Fixed-Layout EPUBs with InDesign CC
• Books in Browsers conference
• InDesign Magazine’s October issue: Workarounds 
• Project Layup
• Tablet Workspace for Illustrator
• Our blog post on new features in InDesign CC 2014.1 (October 2014 release)
• What are Hex colors?