EPUB3

EPUB3 Books & Readers: iBooks / Azardi

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Even though the specification for EPUB v3.0 was finalised last October, we’ve yet to see any production ready EPUB3 books out in the wild. The likely reason for this is that EPUB3 compatible eReaders have only come on the scene recently and without an eReader, there’s no way to test how the ebooks look – [...]

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Amazon Kindle/EPUB Rumour…true?

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Rumours are abound right now that Amazon is on the verge of providing support for EPUB ebooks on their Kindle eReader. What’s getting peoples tongues wagging is a post from an eReader blog* stating that Amazon is telling publishers to start providing them with titles in the EPUB format. As vague as the details are [...]

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EPUB3 First Public Draft Released

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After many months of hard work, the EPUB Working Group has released the first Public Draft of the new EPUB® 3 specifications for review. This is a substantial update on the current spec and has core changes that include; HTML5 support Rich Media and Interactivity Layout Improvements Global Languages Accessibility Improvements EPUB is a XML [...]

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