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Kepubify Can Make Kobo Kepub eBooks Out of (DRM-Free) Epub eBooks

17 December, 2017 // 7 Comments

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, but Kobo's take is called Kepub. Since [Read More ...]

W3C to Hold eBook Publishing Summit in November

20 June, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

Under the Hood and Behind the Curtains of the FB3 eBook Format

8 April, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 the official press release. That release [Read More ...]

Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Fund EPUBReader for Firefox

5 February, 2017 // 4 Comments

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 he could redevelop the [Read More ...]

Last Ditch Effort to Block W3C Takeover of IDPF

12 January, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 way things are supposed to [Read More ...]

The New Windows 10 Preview Comes with EPUB Support in Edge Web Browser

18 November, 2016 // 7 Comments

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 new version [Read More ...]

Why Amazon Doesn’t Add ePub Support to the Kindle

19 June, 2016 // 18 Comments

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 (in [Read More ...]

Google Docs Gains Epub as an Export Option, But You Should Stick With the Other More Useful Options (PDF!)

10 March, 2016 // 12 Comments

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 is far less useful than one might hope. [Read More ...]

eBook Snobbery Run Amok, or Yes, a PDF is Still an eBook

5 March, 2016 // 15 Comments

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 crossed my desk this [Read More ...]

How to Embed an eBook on a Website

13 November, 2014 // 6 Comments

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 for indie authors to do the same with just about any Epub [Read More ...]

EPUB2Twitter lets You Embed an Epub eBook in a Tweet

4 September, 2014 // 14 Comments

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 the service so it can be read without leaving [Read More ...]

Txtr Launches Web App Powered by Readium

2 September, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 just unveiled their [Read More ...]

Want to Read Epub3 eBooks on your PC? Adobe Launches Private Beta for Adobe DE 4

4 July, 2014 // 2 Comments

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 number of ebook apps which support some Epub3 features [Read More ...]

eBook Architects’s Epub Validation Tool Launches into Open Beta

23 May, 2014 // 12 Comments

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 adding their own features to [Read More ...]

ReadK.it Offers a New Way to Read & Share Epub eBooks in Your Web Browser

24 February, 2014 // 3 Comments

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 my desk for the first time [Read More ...]

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