A high-level overview of the ePub file format, including sample books.

1. ePub: the open digital book
Liza Daly
Threepress Consulting Inc.
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2. IDPF
(International Digital Publishing Forum)
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3. *
XHTML
CSS
metadata
= ePub
* or DTBook
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4. ePub = Existing web tools
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6. Bookworm provides personal
ePub library management and
online reading
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7. This is
ePub:
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8. 1. TEI to ePub
2. DocBook to ePub
3. XHTML to ePub
* to HTML to ePub
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9. From DocBook...
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10. From plain text...
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11. Academic...
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12. Poetry...
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13. Science and Medical
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14. Adobe InDesign CS4 is a good option
if you produce PDFs already.
(only version CS4 produces acceptable ePub)
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15. ePub = Reflowable
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17. Reflowable = Accessible
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18. Watch out for
inconsistent rendering...
Adobe Digital Editions
Bookworm (Firefox)
Stanza
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19. Thanks.
http://bookworm.oreilly.com
http://threepress.org
Liza Daly
Threepress Consulting Inc.
Friday, June 19, 2009