According to Good E Reader, Kobo and Barnes & Noble are planning to fully support
the latest EPUB standard very soon this year.
Not exact matches
Currently, there are scant few resources to learn how to build
ePub documents — the
latest version of the
ePub standard isn't fully implemented on any modern e-reader.
NEW YORK, NY --(BookExpo America) VitalSource Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, today announced that it has implemented support for the
EPUB 3
standard in its flagship Bookshelf ® platform, becoming the first e-textbook solution provider to deliver support for the
latest version of the open industry
standard.
Authors of complex books should know about
EPUB3, the
latest version of
EPUB, based on the
latest HTML5
standard.
EPUB 3, which is the
latest revision of the industry -
standard XML ebook format, is firmly embracing HTML5 and CSS3.
EPUB 3 is the
latest version of
EPUB, the widely used open
standard for digital publications based on
latest web
standards including HTML 5.
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has defined the
EPUB standard (
latest version 3.0) that largely builds on these technologies.
Late last year, the industry group behind the five year old
EPUB standard released its successor,
EPUB3, which will appear in ebook readers and apps during 2012.
The
latest version of
EPUB,
EPUB3, is based around the HTML5
standard and can now include multimedia content such as audio, video, as well as interactive components, though, not all e-readers will be able to display such content.
Originally developed by Sony in the
late 80s, it was quickly abandoned everywhere else on the planet in favor of the global
ePUB standard.
Sony announced the
latest in its series of attempts to shake Amazon's dominance of the e-book market today, saying it will scrap its proprietary e-book format in favor of the
ePub standard.
EPUB 3 is based on the
latest HTML5
standard, which means
EPUB publications can now contain video, audio, and interactivity — just like websites in modern browsers.
In its
latest upgrade,
EPUB 3 has embraced all accessibility features present in the DAISY
standard.
However,
ePub3, the
latest version of the
ePub standard, is the format that most retailers are moving toward.
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