Getting Started With ePubNow! XML Workflow for Publishers
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epubnow! is an XML workflow solution designed for the publishing industry to efficiently produce EPUB format ebooks from various content types. It automates the conversion of XHTML to EPUB and other formats while offering a free EPUB reader and online catalog features. The platform is standards-compliant, enabling significant cost and time savings for authors and publishers through its user-friendly interface.
Getting Started With ePubNow! XML Workflow for Publishers
- 1. Getting Started with ePubNow! © 2009, Digital Media Initiatives
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ------- * 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.