Like Google and Apple, Kobo uses its own unique form of the Epub ebook file format. Google's file format has no known name, and of course Apple uses iBooks,...
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W3C to Hold eBook Publishing Summit in November
After having officially subsumed the IDPF earlier this year, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has announced its first ebook publishing summit: W3C opened today registration for its first ever W3C...
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Under the Hood and Behind the Curtains of the FB3 eBook Format
When news broke earlier this week that the Russian media retailer LitRes was adopting the FB3 ebook format, all we had to go on were the sparse details in...
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Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Fund EPUBReader for Firefox
The best epub add-ons for Firefox needs your help. Michael Volz, the developer of the EpubReader Add-On for Firefox, launched a KS campaign last week to raise funds so...
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Last Ditch Effort to Block W3C Takeover of IDPF
The IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) is about to be subsumed into the W3C, hand over its control of the Epub standard, and vanish into the ether. That's the...
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The New Windows 10 Preview Comes with EPUB Support in Edge Web Browser
Virtually all web browsers natively support PDFs, but the next version of the Microsoft Edge browser does more. BetaNews and VentureBeat report the new Windows 10 preview incorporates a...
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Why Amazon Doesn’t Add ePub Support to the Kindle
My colleague with the confusingly named blog pondered this morning on whether Amazon should add support for Epub on the Kindle platform. I've wondering about that point for the past few years...
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Google Docs Gains Epub as an Export Option, But You Should Stick With the Other More Useful Options (PDF!)
Earlier this week Google added a new export option for Google Docs which let you produce an Epub file from the webdoc you're working on, but the new option...
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eBook Snobbery Run Amok, or Yes, a PDF is Still an eBook
eBook fans have long had to contend with snobs who separate "real" books from ebooks, and now we're starting to turn on ourselves. The most surprising example of Epub snobbery...
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How to Embed an eBook on a Website
One of the niftier features of the Kindle Store is the way that it lets you embed a sample of an ebook in a webpage. Now there's an option...
Continue readingEPUB2Twitter lets You Embed an Epub eBook in a Tweet
Authors have long been told that they should promote their books on Twitter, but until now there was no easy way to embed a sample of an ebook in...
Continue readingTxtr Launches Web App Powered by Readium
Most major ebook platforms offer a web-based reading option, including Google, Amazon, and even B&N, and now we can add txtr to that list. The Berlin-based ebook company txtr...
Continue readingWant to Read Epub3 eBooks on your PC? Adobe Launches Private Beta for Adobe DE 4
The Epub3 ebook format may have been finalized close to 3 years ago but it is still rather hard to use Epub3 ebooks on a PC. There are any...
Continue readingeBook Architects’s Epub Validation Tool Launches into Open Beta
Epub was originally conceived as a universal ebook format, but as anyone can tell you that has long since stopped being true. Between each of the major ebook platforms...
Continue readingReadK.it Offers a New Way to Read & Share Epub eBooks in Your Web Browser
eBooks are often described as websites wrapped in a file, and if ReadK.it catches on that might become the literal truth. ReadK.it is an open source project which crossed...
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