![Canonical Fragment
Identifiers
Standardizes a way to link within EPUB
documents
Hyperlinking within text
Share bookmarks across platforms
Citations
Inter-publication
epubcfi(/6/4[chap01ref]!/4[body01]/10[para05]/3:10
)
Intra-publication
<a
href="../pub.opf#epubcfi(/6/4[chap01ref]!/4[body01
]/10[para05]/2/1:3[;s=b])">location</a>](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/creatingepube-books-141031121053-conversion-gate02/85/UNC-Chapel-Hill-2014-CTC-Retreat-Creating-epub-e-books-14-320.jpg)
UNC Chapel Hill 2014 CTC Retreat - Creating epub e books
- 1. Creating EPUB Ebooks Tyler Johnson
- 2. What Is An Ebook ? An electronic representation of a printed book. Delivered through a specialized e-reader system. Typically focused on immersive reading experience. Presentation elements are reflowable. Presentation is controlled by the user.
- 3. Popular E-Readers Hardware Kindle Nook Kobo iPAD Software software versions of hardware e-readers Calibre Adobe Digital Editions
- 4. What Is EPUB ? “The EPUB® specification is a distribution and interchange format standard for digital publications and documents. EPUB defines a means of representing, packaging and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content — including HTML5, CSS, SVG, images, and other resources — for distribution in a single-file format.” -IDPF EPUB 3 Overview, Conboy, Garth, et al. 2014 EPUB 3.0.1 released June 2014 Industry is at EPUB 2. Moving to EPUB 3.
- 5. IDPF International Digital Publishing Forum http://idpf.org Technical industry group focused on electronic publishing and standards Membership-based Members include trade & academic publishers, technology companies. Produces “Recommended Specifications”
- 6. EPUB 3 Features From EPUB 3 Overview http://www.idpf.org/epub/301/spec/epub-overview- 20140626.html
- 7. Package Document A single package document defines ALL of the resources (files) necessary to render a book. Metadata can apply across all resources Defines a reading order (compare these features with a website)
- 8. Layout Reflowable content eReaders use different resolutions. Users control font, size, justification, more. Fixed layout support (print designers hate reflowable content) Separation of content and presentation Semantic markup Uses HTML5 and CSS (yay!)
- 9. Multimedia Images Audio Video Media overlay documents synchronized audio and text
- 10. Fonts Fonts can be embedded in eBooks or included in eReader systems Two font technologies supported OpenType WOFF Also ChemML & MathML
- 11. Scripting Scripting is supported optionally but discouraged (except for SVG) Documents are meant to be rendered. They are not programs to be executed. eREADER security and update mechanisms are limited and primitive. Will limit portability across eREADERs. It’s a book, not a computer !
- 12. Text-to-Speech Uses W3C standards Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) CSS Speech Module (CSS3Speech)
- 13. Digital Rights Management Not defined in EPUB 3 rights.xml sometimes spotted. Readium Foundation developing lightweight DRM. Commercial solutions available. DRM Features breaks platform portability not user friendly (can't backup, iPad->Kindle) Apple gave up on this. You should too.
- 14. Canonical Fragment Identifiers Standardizes a way to link within EPUB documents Hyperlinking within text Share bookmarks across platforms Citations Inter-publication epubcfi(/6/4[chap01ref]!/4[body01]/10[para05]/3:10 ) Intra-publication <a href="../pub.opf#epubcfi(/6/4[chap01ref]!/4[body01 ]/10[para05]/2/1:3[;s=b])">location</a>
- 15. Container ZIP! Multiple files and directories Compressed Easy to share and distribute Not tied to a URL, but must specify the artifact itself (usually via citation, ISBN, etc.) No network required
- 16. E-Book Dissection A look at the guts…
- 17. EPUB Guts XHTML Content Files Stylesheets Media/Images Navigation toc.ncx Package – content.opf Metadata: publication data Manifest: lists all resources in the rendition Spine: default reading order Guide (Navigation Document in EPUB3): toc & landmarks
- 18. Practical Advice
- 19. EPUB Application Fit EPUB 2 is widely supported across multiple platforms and tools Re-flowable text with images and good CSS formatting. EPUB 3 feature support is spotty and varies by platform and feature. Can work if you target a specific platform. Easy Novels Manuals Journals Textbooks More Difficult Computer Programming Math Poetry Picture Books
- 20. Select EPUB Editors Windows Mac Linux Sigil x x x Calibre x x x Apple Pages x Adobe InDesign / x x DreamWeaver Jutoh x x x text editor x x x
- 21. Workflow PREP PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION write edit approval strip text enter all content into EPUB editor create media markup export EPUB hand tweak test Kindlegen upload to distributor validate & munge published!
- 22. Validation Adobe EpubCheck http://validator.idpf.org EpubCheck on github (FOSS)
- 23. Kindle Workflow Generate EPUB using your favorite workflow. Edit the source using SIGIL or other low level editor to tweak start page and other elements. Use Kindlegen or Kindle Previewer to generate .mobi file. Preview with Kindle Previewer Rinse. Repeat.
- 24. Kindle Kindlegen Converts files from EPUB, HTML, XHMTL to mobipocket and KF8 formats Command line tool Kindle Previewer GUI tool that emulates Kindle hardware and software readers. (requires X11 on Mac) Will generate .mobi files.
- 25. Kindle Start Page Kindles open .mobi files to the first page instead of front matter. This is usually undesirable. To correct you must modify the source. Open content.opf Add an element to <guide> <reference href="Text/Section0001" title="Title Page” type="text">
- 26. Cover Specifications Size 1600 x 2400 Have smaller cover resolutions available Produce thumbnails JPEG Compress to keep file sizes low!
- 27. ISBNs Use one for every format, edition, and channel Fundamental product identifier, like SKU Bowker is the US ISBN authority https://www.myidentifiers.com/
- 28. Resources Liz Castro, technical writer and EPUB guru http://www.elizabethcastro.com/ Joel Friedlander, book designer http://www.thebookdesigner.com/ International Digital Publishing Forum http://idpf.org/ Sigil https://github.com/user-none/Sigil Jutoh http://www.jutoh.com/ UNC Libraries have many EPUB and other e-Books!