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what is an
ebook?
an
ebook is an
electronic book
it is not...
a print book on an
electronic device
reproduces a printed page
exactly
you can zoom
but
cannot change text appearance
may have limited searching
an
ebook is an
electronic book
it is not...
a print book displayed on a screen
formats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats
http://xkcd.com/927/
epub
reflow or
flowing text
text and images
no/minimal layout
what is
epub?
epub is a
free & open e-book standard
an
epubis a
bundled website(sort of)
an
epubis a
zipped website(sort of)
epub 2.0
epub 2.0
is readable by
most ebook readers(“most” = “not kindle”)
epub 2.0
is
xhtml 1.1
(c. 1999)
epub 3.0
epub 3.0
is readable by
one ebook reader(iBooks)
epub 3.0
is
html5
(multimedia)
the epub toolbox
1. word processor
save as
html
1a. commercial publishing (indesign)
2. calibre
calibrereally wants to be your
ebook library
calibreprobably won’t be your
ebook library
calibreconverts your
ebook library
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
metadata
3. sigil
wysiwyg
code
css
file structure
table of contents
epub t.o.c.versus.
html t.o.c.
metadata
validate
4. reading apps & devices
Image attribution: eBook Readers Galore by Michael Porter https://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5052936803/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
publishing/
distribution
amazon kindle direct
publishing
amazon KDP Select
distributor/
aggregator
“Real” publisher
Questions?