1. HTML5 Web-Based e-
Reading Solution
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Convert your eBooks to web pages
Publish eBooks as web pages

2. 1. Buy an e-reading device (Kindle, Nook, etc.)
or install an e-reading app on your tablet
2. Download eBooks as files for previewing and
reading
3. Sync your eBook files to your device or app
(from PC or cloud)
How, traditionally, are
eBooks read

3. 1. Own an portable e-reading device
2. Download eBooks
3. Sync them to devices or apps
In this process, you have
to…

4. 1. Read your purchased eBook without a
corresponding device or app
2. Sync reading
progress/notes/highlights/bookmarks across
reading platforms
3. Instantly preview books on online stores
without downloading
4. Publish eBook for free and make money from
ads
With existing
solutions, you cannot…

5.  A cloud bookshelf to which you can upload or
email your eBook files (in .pdf, .mobi, .epub,
etc. formats) and convert them to HTML5 web
eBooks archived in your online library
 The user can visit his online library and go on
reading the books in HTML5 web pages from
any device with a browser or our app
 The user can make notes/highlights/bookmarks
which would be synced across platforms
My proposed service—
reader’s side

6.  The author can publish books on our web
eBook store which can be previewed without
downloading
 The author can also choose to publish free
books with ads using our framework
My proposed service—
author’s side

7.  Product manuals could be a good place to start
to bring eBooks from files to webpages—they
are usually free and people do often lose their
paper copies.
 I propose to stick a QR code on a product. After
scanning the QR code, one can easily read
(browse) the product manual on his phones or
tablets.
Web eBook example:
Product manual

8.  Revenue comes from:
 Premier features in online bookshelf
management
 Service fees of the HTML5 web eBook generating
and publishing
 Advertising commission
 Estimated market size
 If this new e-Pub solution can get America’s 1%
publishing market, that would be a $270 million
market.
Business Model