ePubNow! is an XML Workflow Solution for Publishers to produce EPUB format eBooks and DocBook v5.0 XML Online.

1. Getting Started with ePubNow!
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2. Introducing ePubNow!
• ePubNow! is an XML Workflow Solution for the Publishing
Community to produce EPUB format eBooks with minimal
authoring effort and is primarily meant for Authors,
Publishers, Self-Publishers.
• ePubNow! converts XHTML content to DocBook v5.0 XML,
Ready-to-use EPUB, and Digital Talking Book (NIMAS XML
Fileset).
• ePubNow! also offers a FREE ePub Reader for reading
unencrypted EPUB format books online.
• ePubNow! is also involved in ePublishing Training.

3. ePubNow! XML Workflow
Solutions

4. Frontlist XML Workflow
• Final manuscripts are saved in Word or Open Office
Document, which is converted to XHTML format.
• XHTML document is marked-up.
• Entire subsequent process is automated and based on the
Single-Source, Multiple Formats XML Workflow.
• ePubNow! converts XHTML to EPUB, DocBook v5.x XML,
NIMAS (DTBook). Also produces ONIX for Books Message
following BISG Best Practices Guidelines.

5. Backlist Titles Workflow
• Print Books or Print-PDFs are scanned and content
converted to XHTML format.
• XHTML document is marked-up.
• Entire subsequent process is automated and based on the
Single-Source, Multiple Formats XML Workflow.
• ePubNow! converts XHTML to EPUB, DocBook v5.x XML,
NIMAS (DTBook). Also produces ONIX for Books Message
following BISG Best Practices Guidelines.

6. •ePubNow! XML Processing Capabilities
PDF > XHTML
XHTML > DocBook v5.0 XML
XHTML > EPUB
XHTML > NIMAS/Digital Talking Book
DocBook v5.0 XML > EPUB
DocBook v5.0 XML > NIMAS

7. Advice to Publishers & Authors
• Subscribe to Premium Online Digital Production Services of
ePubNow!
• Convert to DocBook v5.0 XML for keeping your contents in
an XML format and an easy content management.
• Convert to EPUB for distribution to the digital books
marketplace.
• ePubNow! takes just click of a button to produce EPUB and
DocBook XML, saving you immense effort, time and costs!

8. Advantages using ePubNow!
• Entire workflow is standards-compliant.
• Very easy steps to markup XHTML.
• Fastest production to EPUB and DocBook XML. It takes just
a click of a button. Output is consistent and validated
against standards DTDs.
• Option to read EPUB online using secured access by a user.

9. ePubNow! Free Reader

10. Click on the ePubNow! Reader button or go to the URL:
http://epubreader.epubnow.com/

14. Dashboard with free eBooks.

17. My Bookshelf - Thumbnail View

18. My Bookshelf - List View

19. Adding an ePub to your Bookshelf

20. Sign-Out from ePubNow! Reader

21. How to obtain EPUB format books?
• There are many online retailers offerring EPUB format
ebooks
How to publish EPUB format books?
• EPUB format is a standards-compliant zipped container
with .epub extension. The standards are maintained by
the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) at
http://www.idpf.org.
• ePubNow! is an online production platform for producing
perfect EPUB format ebooks. However, you need to
convert your book in to an XHTML file. Publishers having
XML workflow can easily integrate their digital production
with ePubNow!

22. Advantages of EPUB
• Well accepted unified standard for epublishing by the
industry.
• Monetize your backlists by converting to EPUB
• Redesign your current workflow to produce EPUB with
minimal cost & efforts
• Reading Systems: Rapidly developing to conform to EPUB.
Sony* PRS-505/700 Portable Reader System reads EPUB
format; Adobe Digital Editions*, Mobipocket* Reader both
read EPUB format
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* Disclaimer: These are the Trade Marks of their respective companies and
mentioned here only for academic purpose.

23. Advantages of using ePubNow!
• ePubNow! is brought to you by a team of software
engineers and publishing industry professionals with
impressive experience record.
• Its a proven platform and leading publishing houses are
already getting benefited by the efficient XML workflow
and production system, saving them large costs and time.
• ePubNow! is standards-compliant and is capable of
producing DocBook v5.0 XML, EPUB (XHTML vocabulary),
EPUB (DTBook vocabulary), and NIMAS filesets on the go.
• Consistent proven quality output.
• Easy to integrate with your existing system.

24. EPUB Catalog and Online Reading
System
• ePubNow! also offers an automatic creation of an Online
Catalog for all EPUB titles produced using its advanced
technology platform.
• The Catalog can be accessed by the publishers.
• The Catalog + ePubNow! Online Reading System can be
made accessible to the users on the Internet, and the
various business models could be devised and integrated in
the ePubNow! framework to monetize the delivery of
copyrighted content on the Internet through a secured
access system.

25. Interested!
• Please contact us at info@epubnow.com to discuss the
potential of automating your EPUB production workflow.