![]() Here’s an overview of some of the new EPUB specifications currently being developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (most currently in Draft status) to do just that:ĭictionaries/Glossaries and Indexes: Marking up reference sections and indexes in EPUB XHTML content documents is challenging, especially if you care about rich semantics (which you really should). I think there’s a tendency in publishing circles to look at EPUB 3 as some sort of digital-book endgame (e.g., “When NOOK finally fully supports EPUB 3, I can upgrade my entire ebook catalog”), when in reality, it’s merely a precondition for the real cutting-edge work to come.ĮPUB 3 set the stage for avant-garde ebook development by opening the door to embedding (X)HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript within an ebook container, but the next stage of evolution in the EPUB specification is about further leveraging standards to mainstream this innovation. Forthwith, Five reasons for optimism about the future of ebooks ☺ #1: Ebook standards development is flourishing I’m a cynic by nature, and count wallowing among my favorite hobbies, but after half a decade as a software engineer in the digital publishing space, even I’ve had enough and am issuing a moratorium on the negativity! Instead, I want to talk about some of the promising trends I’ve seen develop over the past year that foretell a bright future for the digital book. Other jeremiads include-but are not limited to-the painfully slow adoption curve of EPUB 3, the demise of beloved sites like Readmill, the failure of “enhanced” ebooks to gain traction, sundry ereader feculence, stagnating ebook sales, and sideloading. Much of it has something to do with THAT COMPANY WITH THE WEBSITE THAT SELLS ALL THE THINGS, how THAT COMPANY has a stranglehold on the book market, how it’s devaluing our literary canon, how it has publishers right where it wants them.īut we’re not just cranky about THAT COMPANY. ![]() There’s a lot of tsoris in the publishing community right now over ebooks. “I really like their free, two-day shipping, though.” ![]() “THAT COMPANY is destroying my P&L, the entire book industry, and the fabric of civilized society.”
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