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Digital Publishing and the EPUB Standard:

Effects on Publishers, Channels and Devices

August Wholesale Trade +83%

Calendar Year to Date +53%

What is EPUB?

EPUB is an XML-based file format designed to reflow text according to screen size EPUB is actually composed of three standards OPS, OPF and OCF

How does EPUB help the Publisher?

Publishers can reduce costs of conversion. Create EPUB only and send through distribution channels

Can be utilized as final deliverable format from Publisher and is utilized in this way by Adobe Digital Editions, Sony Reader, Stanza Reader for iPhone

If only it was this uncomplicated

How can I create EPUB?

In-house solution: (Page Layout)

Adobe InDesign CS4 can export an epub file directly

Quark + 3rd Party Software


In-house solution: (XML Workflow)

If already utilizing XML Tagged Content or Workflow…you can create EPUB


Digital Warehouse and Conversion Companies

TexTech, LibreDigital, Publishing Dimensions/ Jouve, codeMantra, Aptara, Innodata Isogen, Rosetta Solutions, Digital Media Initiatives, Apex CoAdvantage, HOV Services

Each of these listed Digital Partners and many more can deliver EPUB to you

Interesting and Exciting times ahead

Distributors are receiving EPUB and converting to other formats as necessary

EPUB adoption and implementation is taking place

EPUB Readers

Adobe Digital Editions

Sony Reader

Stanza Reader for iPhone

United Kingdom: EPUB support

Random House

HarperCollins

Penguin

Simon & Schuster

Pan Macmillan

Mills & Boon

Cambridge University Press

Oxford University Press

Gardners Books

Taylor & Francis

Value Chain International

and more to follow…

Association American Publishers :

EPUB support

HarperCollins Publishers Harlequin Simon & Schuster Hachette Book Group John Wiley & Sons Inc. Penguin Group USA Random House Macmillan

Cambridge University Press Oxford University Press Pelican Publishing Company Cengage Learning Workman Publishing Seattle Book Company National Science Teachers Assoc.

CQ Press

Supply Chain: EPUB support

Adobe

LibreDigital

Ingram Digital

OverDrive

eBook Technologies

Publishing Dimensions

VitalSource Technologies

Mobipocket

Rosetta Solutions

Innodata Isogen

TexTech

codeMantra

DNAML

and many more…

EPUB Validation Tool

Free EPUB validation tool is located athttp://code.google.com/p/epubcheck

IDPF

Trade and Standards organization for Digital Publishing Industry. Business Special Interest Group (BSIG) IDPF develops and maintains industry standards for text-based digital reflowable books and publications

Michael Smith

IDPF

[email protected]

905-235-4373

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