IDPF today unveiled a new microsite EPUBZone at epubzone.org , providing a central place for information and resources about EPUB, the globally adopted digital publication standard. The initial focus of epubzone.org is EPUB 3, the latest version of EPUB, which is based on HTML5 and other modern Web Standards.
If you have been creating EPUB files for any amount of time you know that the creation of the file itself is only a small part of the overall process. Often the most frustrating (and time consuming) part of eBook development is the Quality Assurance (QA) process.
Adapted from a presentation with Jean Kaplansky at EDUPUB2 Workshop. Wiley recently announced that EPUB 3 is our standard for ebooks in reflowable format. We started publishing in EPUB 3 as of February 1, 2014, and in this article I’ll explain a little about how we developed the template.
It is time for enterprises to think about documentation in a new way that tailors content for any mobile device and offers greater levels of "out-of-the-box" accessibility, especially on mobile platforms. At EDUPUB 2014, IBM announced with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), its decision to standardize on EPUB as its primary packaged portable document format.
txtr, the leading independent e-reading platform today launched an EPUB 3 and EPUB Fixed-Layout compatible reading app for iOS 7 based on Readium SDK. Over the past nine months, txtr as been a key contributing member to the Readium Foundation, an independent open source consortium developing software to advance adoption of EPUB and the Open Web Platform for publishing.
Wiley, the international provider of scientific, technical, educational and medical content has announced that EPUB 3 is to become their standard for all Wiley e-book product in reflowable format from February 2014.
Improving the reader experience with EPUB 3 gives further details of the announcement and is testament to the ongoing strong support and commitment that Wiley have given the EPUB 3 standard both in the development and adoption stages.
Publishers Weekly have,this week, published an Accessibility Report Entitled: Accessibility: Where are we now? Digital Solutions in India 2014
Following on from the highly successful IDPF workshop on EPUB for Comics / Manga in Paris at the end of March, Digital Book 14 includes a 45 minute session on “Digital Comics – Today and Tomorrow”. An international panel from the world of comics, manga and sequential art will discuss what’s possible today and in the future for highly interactive content with new support for comics features in EPUB.
HarperCollins UK thinks of itself as two things: format agnostic, and digitally thinking. Digital is part of the process right from the very start and is not considered as an add-on. They strive to publish in all appropriate format(s), simultaneously and it is up to the consumer whether they want the hardback, the ebook, the audiobook - all are available on first publication date. Customer choice is paramount and the EPUB file format allows HarperCollins to concentrate on providing maximum flexibility and maximum accessibility to content.