Hello all, I'm looking for interested parties to help test an experimental platform for reading ePub-formatted books via the web. There's minimal effort...
helo everybody I'm working to develop an API for converting a PDF file to an EPUB file can you give me some ways which can help me please! It's quit difficult...
moradken2001 asked ... According to the OPS 2.0 Specification, the following four image formats must be supported by OPS Reading Systems: GIF, PNG, JPEG, and...
hi Is it possible to import an epub file in a SONY Reader, if the answer is "yes", how ? 'cause I have a SONY Reader and aparently I can import only PDF DOC...
Hi moradken2001, At the present time it is not possible to import any ePub files on the Sony Reader. However, Sony and Adobe are working together to release...
Sony is said to be working on a firmware update to make the Reader able to utilize ePub.They have said they are working on it, but they've already been...
Hi Jon, I have a question regarding SVG which I hope you can answer. I must admit that I don't really know anything about SVG and although it seems to be...
... Hi, I'd like to hope that is unlikely. Here's a snippet from the EPUB Best Practices Guide: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/digitalpublishing/ """Vector Art ...
Thanks Keith, but I guess my concerns were because browser support has never been consistent with their implementation of the various recommendations, e.g....
Hi, The OPS 2.0 spec has this fascinating line: """ Any font files included in an OPS Publication must be included in the OPF manifest with appropriate media...
... After investigating your question by studying the OPS and OPF specs, along with looking at how Adobe does font embedding in ePub, I conclude the following:...
Hi Folks, Well, like Jon said, this is interesting. Yes, the "appropriate media type" for, say, an OpenType font is, shall we say, not quite nailed down. One...
... Since Adobe is most interested in embedded fonts (and I understand the benefits of embedded fonts for certain applications), hopefully they will put in the...
... Additionally, they're missing another bit of the OPS spec, although this is just a SHOULD, rather than a MUST: """Content creators must not assume that any...
Everyone, I am now converting a book I've published since 1995 into ePub. Having contributed to the OPS/OPF/OCF specs which underlie ePub, I have no difficulty...
Dear Group, I represent Data Standards Ltd in the UK a private publishing solutions company in the UK. We serve the mainstream publishers here with ...
The full scoop at TeleRead: <http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/18/digital-publishing-network-group-started-at-linkedin/> For those who prefer to go directly...
Hi Keith, Thanks for your detailed reply. Kind regards Julian _____ From: epub-community@yahoogroups.com [mailto:epub-community@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
... As a publisher who sells ebooks I am interested in any movement at all toward a universal standard format. It would help people like me if the discussion...
... Thanks, Tom, for your feedback. I apologize if I did not clearly define the terms "intermediate format" and "direct rendering" with regards to ePub. These...
Thanks, Jon. Your explanation was quite clear. Tom Williams ... -- Tom Williams, PhD, is the author of the forthcoming "Self-Publishers Bible" (summer, 2008)...
[I'm sort of surprised there were no comments to my original request since this seems to be something that those who author ePub for presentation in Adobe...
Hi Jon, Have you experimented with other SVG tools instead of Adobe? I use Inkscape which is an open source (FREE) program for all my publication and logo...
... Thanks for your feedback. Well, I'm not using any SVG tool. <smile/> This is really not a tool issue, but setting the "viewbox" and "transform" values in...
