Not exact matches
It's the work of a widely - supported industry group called the International Digital Publishers Forum (IDPF)-- and it looks
like it might have the momentum and technical capability to serve as a broad
standard for
ebooks.
They are a new frontier, but it looks a lot
like the old web frontier, with HTML, CSS, and XML underpinning the main
ebook standard, ePub.
Our strict coding
standards allow technologists and
ebook producers to use
Standard Ebooks files as reliable, easy to read, and robust bases for their own work — not to mention as models of what well - crafted
ebook files look
like.
But who may not have background in graphic design or
ebook development (which is
like Web development, but lots harder, with a lot of complicated rules and
standards that can get a book rejected if it doesn't comply).
So useful and well executed is illumination on this year's touchscreen
eBook readers that we're sure that it will now become
standard, though there's more here to
like than light.
One would get about 100 preinstalled Android Apps with the tablet, which includes the
standard application packages
like eBook reader, photo viewer, social media, music player and weather.
The newer PDF
standards have features which enable pdfs to behave more
like ebooks but most pdfs do not use them.
All it needs for SKUs are the ISBNs the
ebooks come with and a few assigned SKU numbers for its other goods,
like readers, which it will assign using the EAN - 13
standards (which have the same format as ISBNs).
Today's readers hold their
eBooks to the same
standards as printed books, making it more important than ever to showcase a professionalism with your
eBook that translates across any popular mobile device or eReader,
like the Kindle, Nook, or iPad.
When it comes to your
standard eBook the iPad Air does a very good job, but you don't really notice the enhanced hardware specs
like you did with comics and magazines.
The iPhone app was good by iPhone
ebook reader
standard, but the full - page image - and - text rendering felt
like a gimmick on a small screen — most of the time you'll end up reflowing the raw text on your phone, a la the Kindle app.
To some, there were not enough benefits to the
standard ebook, other than features
like the portability and the easier, faster access to titles,... [Read more...]
Ebooksellers
like Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google, and the many booksellers who use their technology, rely on the EPUB
standard to access a large range of
ebooks.
Although there are many types of e-readers available, not all are up to the task,» explains James Coulson, European marketing manager «With the VEB 620 and VEB 625 we've improved the design of the
standard eBook reader by making the devices easier to use and taking advantage of advances in technology,
like the «G - sensor», wi - fi and SD card slot.»
It is impossible [and often very expensive] to raise many things
like graphic quality from
ebook quality up to print
standards.
As opposed to big publishers, which are thought to pay authors a
standard ebook royalty of 25 %, new independent
ebook publishers
like The Atavist, Open Road Media and OR Books, can and do pay authors substantially more.
I'd
like to think the MOBI
standard is firm enough to support this, particularly since it's what Amazon itself uses for their
ebooks.
This presentation will focus on the formatting options available in ePub, how open
standards like CSS are implemented in the real world, and identify those features of
ebooks which can be controlled — and those that are just part of the new publishing reality.
I
like how text lays out on the larger screen and I think page buttons should be
standard on all
ebook readers.
The proportions are different from the
standard ebook covers, and if the book cover is not done over entirely — placing and tweaking images and text — it will end up looking
like this!
The main difference with
ebooks using the Adobe Viewer is that you can't change the font type, spacing, margins, etc.,
like with FBReader; you're stuck with the
standard font and publishers» layouts.
Support for all industry
standard ebook formats, including Adobe DRM and even support for
ebooks from closed ecosystems
like Kindle or Kobo.
The main difference with
ebooks using the Adobe Reader is that you can't change the font type, spacing, margins, etc.,
like with FBReader; you're stuck with the
standard font and publishers» layouts.
eBook devices
like the Kindle and Nook, as well as phones and tablets
like the iPhone, iPad, and Kindle Fire, all have screens that are smaller than a typical computer screen or even than a
standard print book.
It is based on a variety of other technologies and
standards,
like Open
eBook and XHTML 1.1, but its uniqueness is in how it combines these
standards to provide a solid formatting foundation for
eBooks of just about every shape and size.
LIke to see larger cut paste size, importing pdf's /
ebooks and
standard ebook formats.
With regards to an important issue
like, for instance,
ebook royalties, the industry
standard has become 25 %, while if you publish straight to Kindle it is 70 %.
The custody agreement
ebook helps you take into consideration every aspect of your custody situation to avoid conflict, lesson communication problems, and close loopholes that often appear in
standard custody agreements with phrases
like «reasonable contact» and «exchanges shall take place on Sundays.»