B&N also makes much of its support for
the open ePub standard, another advantage it should have over Amazon.
Weiner said that textbook publishers differ over the use of
the open ePub standard or a proprietary approach like that used by the Kindle.
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.
On the downside, its books are even more proprietary than Apple's, which can at least come in
the open EPUB standard.
Some critics point out that Adobe, by promoting its flavor of encryption on top of
the open ePub standard, is promoting a version of vendor lock - in.
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.
Not exact matches
Kobo is the first major global e-book retail operation that supports
EPUB files, the
open standard created by the publishing industry.
Initially conceived in September 2007, the
open ebook
standard ePub uses a combination of HTML, CSS, and XML wrapped up as a Zip file.
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.
An
EPUB is an
open standard file format for publishing electronic books which can be transferred to a device for reading.
Other
open standards, like HPub and Zhook show a lot of promise and tend to be easier to implement than
ePub, but they lack broad, cross-platform e-reader support.
The Kindle can only download books from Amazon's store, while Sony's Readers can display texts sold in the «
epub» format - an
open standard supported by the International Digital Publishing Forum that numerous publishers use to make e-books.
«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.»
EPUB became an official
standard of the IDPF in September 2007, superseding the older
Open eBook
standard.
The
EPUB format is an
open source
standard that defines how the content and metadata of an eBook should be packaged and how eReading devices and software should render the format to the reader.
ePub is an
open standard format for ebooks, a format used to publish electronic books, magazines and newspapers.
Epub is an
open standard developed by the IDPF.
3) Two years ago Tim O'Reilly predicted that «Unless Amazon embraces
open e-book
standards like
epub, which allow readers to read books on a variety of devices, the Kindle will be gone within two or three years.»
With Readium SDK, companies that previously collaborated strictly on
open standards will become implementors too and have a better influence on the adoption of
EPUB 3.
epub is the most popular
open standard format; it's used with all the major retailers except Amazon / Kindle.
EPUB is become a popular e-book
standard and is
open and free for all to implement.
«Textbooks in higher - education are moving beyond the static dimension of the printed page and the book - under - glass e-books people are accustomed to,» said Kent Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, VitalSource Technologies, Inc. «As publishers create rich interactive learning experiences for institutions and students, they should be taking advantage of
EPUB and the flexibility and benefits that the
open industry
standard affords.
Both PDF and
ePub are
open industry
standards, though the optional encryption and DRM provided by Adobe's Content Server and enforced by the Adobe Reader are not.
I find it quite dangerous to rely on proprietary
EPUB creation tools because everyone should be enabled to produce
EPUBs, not only a few selected ones, especially as
EPUB is an
open standard and needs to be defended against proprietary «extensions» and proprietary dependencies.
Kobo «Kobo is a strong supporter of
open standards including
EPUB 3 — enabling users everywhere to access the best content and experience possible.
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.
Kobo and Sony e-readers work with library ebooks in Canada while most Kindle models don't support the
open standard (
EPUB) format used by libraries.
«As a device - neutral platform, eBooks purchased through Kobo's eReading service can be read on various eReaders, which is a level of flexibility that benefits our authors as they seek to grow their audiences of readers,» went on Mr. Gutch, expounding the virtues the company's decision to embrace
open standards such PDF and
EPUB.
Nook file is
epub which is an
open standard, that is good.
And since
ePub is an
open standard it can be read on any hardware and software platform that implements those
standards — thus extending the reach to many more readers.
EPUB standard - based eBooks provide for important needs of both readers and publishers:
open standards, permanence, accessibility, reflowability, and high typographic quality.
For those of you who don't know, the IDPF
ePub format is an
open standard eBook format that is fast being adopted by many big name publishers including Penguin UK and O'Reilly as well as projects such as Feedbooks.com.
Let's hope they do because this format is really starting to take off and as its an
open standard we are now starting to see many websites, both commercial and free, with
ePub books.
epub is an
open eBook
standard that has the potential to revolutionise the eBook Industry.
They took an existing,
open standard for content like
EPUB, adding a few proprietary extensions.
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Open format: Sony is also using the event to tout its EPUB format, an open standard that will let consumers buy Sony eBooks and read them on any other device that can run that softw
Open format: Sony is also using the event to tout its
EPUB format, an
open standard that will let consumers buy Sony eBooks and read them on any other device that can run that softw
open standard that will let consumers buy Sony eBooks and read them on any other device that can run that software.
EPUB 3, which newly features vertical writing, Tate - chu - yoko, and RTL writing direction, is a critical enabler for Japan and the rest of the world to move to
open standards for eBooks, along with support for Japanese text layouts.
Google Google has been an active contributor to the development of both the
EPUB 3
standard and the WebKit
open source project, and we're delighted to support the launch of the Readium Project which leverages both technologies.
IDPF is responsible for
EPUB, the
open standard digital publication format based on XML and Web technology, and organizes industry events such as Digital Book 2011 at BookExpo.
Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble is an ongoing, active contributor to the
EPUB 3
standard, and will eagerly participate in the Readium
open source project.
Thirdly, I mentioned
epub, or it could be any
standard file type that I can
open in my iBooks app, kinkle, or random off - brand E-reader, but many ebook vendors insist on making their ebooks only available via their own atrocious apps, which if I indulged them in this folly, would lead to my tablets being overrun with random apps and my book collection scattered across them.
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
ePub format is a free
open standard, and is a way of automatically rearranging contents, having the texts displayed in the most proper way according to the characteristics of the reading devices.
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.»
Unlike the proprietary format Sony had utilized up to that point,
EPUB is a free and
open standard developed by a third - party, the International Digital Publishing Forum.
People tend to associate «
open» with free (as in speech, and sometimes as in beer), and companies that use
epub like to trumpet that they're using an
open standard.
This is one of the challenges we run into with our
open -
standards,
ePub - first strategy, but we're up for that.
IDPF is responsible for
EPUB, the
open standard digital publication format based on XML and Web technology, and organizes industry conferences and workshops.
EPUB is the well - known
open standard XML - based format for eBooks and other digital publications, based on HTML and CSS.
Adopted by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) as an
open -
standards - based format for digital books,
ePub allows publishers to create books in a single format for distribution to various e-book resellers and for use on any device that supports
ePub.