21. • PDF
• Based on Adobe’s PDF format
• Well-established, well-used
• Proprietary, and based on appearance rather than structure
• XML
• Based on XML
• XML is now well-established
• Open standards, and, being based based on document structure, supports re-
purposing
• My Proprietary Format
• Other companies muscling in, and making an attractive offer to convert your
documents to their locked format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats
22. epub
• ".epub" is the file extension of an XML
format for reflowable digital books and
publications.
• ".epub" is composed of three open
standards, the Open Publication Structure
(OPS), Open Packaging Format (OPF) and
Open Container Format (OCF).
http://www.openebook.org/
23. epub
• "EPUB" allows publishers to produce and
send a single digital publication file through
distribution and offers consumers
interoperability between software/hardware
for unencrypted reflowable digital books and
other publications.
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• DRM ePub
43. EPUB Validation Tool
• QC Garbage In, Garbage out
• Free EPUB validation tool is located at
http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck
44. ePub
• In house solution
• Adobe InDesign CS4 can export an epub
file directly
• Quark + 3rd Party Software
• Many ePub builder (Sigil, eCub, Calibre...)
• XML workflow
• Digital Warehouse and Conversion Companies