1. what is an
ebook?

2. an
ebook
is an
electronic book

3. it is not..

4. a print book on an
electronic device

5. pdf

6. reproduces a printed page
exactly

7. you can zoom
but
cannot change text appearance

11. may have limited searching

12. an
ebook
is an
electronic book

13. it is not..

14. a print book displayed on a
screen

16. formats

17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

18. http://xkcd.com/927/

25. epub

26. reflow
or
flowing text

27. text and images
no/minimal layout

31. what is
epub?

32. epub
is a
free & open e-book standard

33. an
epub
is a
bundled website
(sort of)

34. an
epub
is a
zipped website
(sort of)

55. epub 2.0

56. epub 2.0
is readable by
most ebook readers
(“most” = “not kindle”)

57. epub 2.0
is
xhtml 1.1
(c. 1999)

58. epub 3.0

59. epub 3.0
is readable by
one ebook reader
(iBooks)

60. epub 3.0
is
html5
(multimedia)

61. the epub toolbox

62. 1. word processor

64. save as
html

65. 1a. commercial publishing
(indesign)

67. 2. calibre

69. calibre
really wants to be your
ebook library

70. calibre
probably won’t be your
ebook library

71. calibre
converts your
ebook library

72. Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC,
CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ,
LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML,
RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Output Formats: AZW3, EPUB,
FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB,
PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT,
TXTZ

73. metadata

77. 3. sigil

78. wysiwyg

80. code

82. css

86. file structure

90. table of contents

91. epub t.o.c.
versus.
html t.o.c.

111. metadata

113. validate

115. 4. reading apps & devices

116. Image attribution: eBook Readers Galore by Michael Porter https://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5052936803/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

117. publishing/
distribution

122. amazon kindle direct
publishing

125. amazon KDP Select

134. distributor/
aggregator

142. “Real” publisher

143. Questions?