Plus, Finley completely ignored
the new epub standards that are incorporating audio, video and interactivity into ebooks.
Not exact matches
epub file format)-- a
new open
standard for production and distribution of ebooks, in particular re-flowable ebooks that can automatically reformat to produce readable output on different screen sizes.
The IDPF is the maintenance agency for
EPUB and the
new version of the
standard EPUB 3.
For further information on
EPUB 3.0 visit: http://idpf.org/
epub/30 The IDPF publish a set of guidelines for the
new EPUB 3
standard and these can be found at http://www.idpf.org/accessibility/guidelines/
«We're developing
new tools based on
EPUB and HTML5 open
standards that will help teachers deeply integrate eBooks into the curriculum and empower school librarians to make targeted collection - development decisions.»
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.
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.
EPUB is a
new eBook
standard that is being adopted by publishers, professionals and amateurs alike (You can think of
EPUB in the same way that MP3 is to music files.)
It will also support the
new industry
standard ePub format.
Arwen Pond, Software Engineer at NOOK Media, adds, «The
new features we added will help publishers create exceptional
EPUB 3 content, while successfully implementing this
new industry
standard.
Unlike
EPUB, Amazon has the ability to introduce
new features in their digital format without waiting for a
standards body to approve them.
EPub format: This is
new worldwide
standard for ebooks.
«We expect the
new industry
standard EPUB to become the dominant eBook reading format and congratulate BooksOnBoard for being among the first to offer it.»
Sony is expected to announce today that its line of e-readers will support the open
ePub standard by the end of the year, according to The
New York Times.
The Nook platform also embraces the
standard ePub format for e-books, allowing users to load their own e-books, including those from Google's
new digital bookstore or ones rented from a local library, on their Nook device.
1) The
new standard is still
ePub.
Please be aware that an
ePub file with enhancements will require a
new ISBN, one that is different than the print file and different than the
standard ePub file built without the enhancements.
The Readium Project also provides feedback to the IDPF
EPUB standards community as well as to the broader W3C and web
standards community, introducing
new technologies and making sure
new standards can be implemented in our engine.
We will take apart an
EPUB and reconstruct it using the
newest standards, techniques, and features to see what is possible with
EPUB3.
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the group responsible for the
ePUB specification chose the launch of TOC today to announce their new ePUB 3.o reader Readium, a «a new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF EPUB ® 3 standard.&ra
ePUB specification chose the launch of TOC today to announce their
new ePUB 3.o reader Readium, a «a new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF EPUB ® 3 standard.&ra
ePUB 3.o reader Readium, a «a
new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF
EPUB ® 3 standard.&ra
EPUB ® 3
standard.»
He was concerned with various aspects of Adobe ACS, the de facto
standard DRM (outside of the Apple and Amazon ecosystems), including Adobe's lack of commitment to supporting the
new version of
EPUB (
EPUB 3), and he wanted to motivate alternatives.
Michael, please clarify if the publishers said that Amazon told them the Kindle will physically hold and show the
EPUB file — it will now support
EPUB standards in its readers — or if Amazon told the publishers that they can * submit * their digital book files for Kindle in
EPUB format (which is not
new... Amazon does an
EPUB to MOBI conversion for publishers).
Obviously, if you have a number of kids books or other content reliant on the
new ePub 3
standard, you will need this.
If you don't understand the
new multimedia interactive
standards in
epub books, it's time you start to check it out.
These
new formats might set the stage for Round Two of the battle between Amazon and the rest of the industry which has largely coalesced around the
EPUB standard.
Apple's iBooks app and its iBookstore support
EPUB but iBooks 2 adds a
new twist — a version of
EPUB3 that is similar to, but incompatible with, the industry
standard.
The technology behind Sony's
new push is a combination of the open
ePub standard and Adobe's Digital Edition and Adobe Content Server 4 (ACS4) digital rights management (DRM) system.
Unlike the
new e-book
standard (
EPUB), the previous
standard did not specified a
standard container for e-book files.
Consequently, the dominant technology in the eBook industry would be replaced with IDPF
EPUB standard with Readium SDK in the near future as various
new eBook business models have emerged.
txt files into
ePub, which is rapidly on its way to becoming the
new standard format for electronic publishing.
Although OEB and Mobipocket are both a bit old and limited (
EPUB is the
new standard for e-books), the format is still popular for various reasons, including Amazon's decision to use Mobipocket as the core format for the Kindle and the fact that Mobipocket Reader is available on a very large selection of devices.
Yet, we have been testing the
new standard for some time in our secret lab and today the first
EPUB 3.0 eBook prototype is unveiled for your eyes and ears.
Collca is also actively planning to adopt the
ePUB ebook
standard as an additional platform for some
new titles.
While
new software for eReading devices is being developed, BB eBooks will continue to focus on the
EPUB 2.0.1
standard.
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.
Enjoy freedom of choice and buy
new eBooks and audio books in the open
standard formats
EPUB, PDF, TXT and MP3 whenever and wherever you want.
I am an active evangelist for open
standards such as
Epub 3, OPDS and Edupub, constantly recruiting
new adopters.
I typically read 99.9 %
EPUB format and subsequently use the highly recommended Mantano reader but what opened up this Pandora's box was a recent download in the «new» epub - 3 format which mantano doesn't recognize (yet — don't know if this is now an «industry» standar
EPUB format and subsequently use the highly recommended Mantano reader but what opened up this Pandora's box was a recent download in the «
new»
epub - 3 format which mantano doesn't recognize (yet — don't know if this is now an «industry» standar
epub - 3 format which mantano doesn't recognize (yet — don't know if this is now an «industry»
standard?).
We were talking about a sophisticated
EPUB standard that could provide the basis for producing quality ebooks with pictures and maybe video or sound in a
new medium: the e-reader.
This struck a chord with me as the coming year promises to be a
new beginning for our community which came together in 1999 as the Open EBook Forum (OEBF) to develop open
standards for digital books, reinvented itself in 2005 with a broader remit when it became the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and then found mainstream success with the development of the key
EPUB standard.
Included are workshops on the
EPUB standard including the
new EPUB 3 revision, eBook production, workflow, and best practices.
Hopefully,
EPUB 3.0 is the
new face of eBook
standard in the
new future.