Sources have been telling me for about 3 months now that Adobe was going to release a Digital Editions app for the iPad, and that app showed up in iTunes yesterday. And...Continue reading
Category: Epub3
JellyBooks Launches Google Analytics for eBooks at DBW 2015
The hot story at the DBW conference today was an early demo of ebook startup JellyBooks’ new ebook analytics project. Andrew Rhomberg, founder and CEO of Jellybooks, revealed in his presentation...Continue reading
Epub3 Editor PubCoder Updated With better Javascript, Image Support
The OSX-only Epub creator app PubCoder got an update earlier this week. If you’re like me and you’ve never heard of this app before, we can see from the website that PubCoder...Continue reading
Adobe Releases Digital Editions 4.0 Featuring inComplete Support for Epub3
Beating the third anniversary of Epub3 by about a month, Adobe released a new version of Adobe Digital Editions today. Now publicly available for OSX and Windows, Adobe DE 4.0 is...Continue reading
Txtr 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 just...Continue reading
Mantano eBook App for Android, IOS Updated with Support for Epub3
I am pleased to report on an update which adds improved support for the ePub3 ebook format. Late last week Mantano released a new version of their reading app for...Continue reading
Want 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 number...Continue reading
eBook 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 adding...Continue reading
New EpubTest Website Tracks Epub3 Support
Ever wonder just how many Epub3 features are supported by your favorite ebook platform? Thanks to a new website, you can now find out. EpubTest.org is a joint project of...Continue reading
Readium Epub3 App for Chrome Gets Major Update
As far as the wider ebook market is concerned Epub3 is a dead format, but it still has its uses. That’s why I was pleased to read yesterday the the...Continue reading
Google Play Books Doesn’t Support Epub, and Other Crazy Possibilities
Epub advocates like to pretend that it’s an industry standard format, but that’s not completely true. Kobo (to name one example) adds their own nonstandard components to the files they...Continue reading
Early Hints Suggest that AAP’s Epub3 Project Won’t Have Much Affect on Epub3 Adoption
The AAP held the final workshop for their Epub3 Implementation Project earlier this month and (if my source is correct) not a whole lot was accomplished. My source told me...Continue reading
Moon+ Reader Updated With Support for Epub3 Video
Epub3 still isn’t all that well supported in the mainstream reading apps but it looks like the independent app developers are starting to make headway. Moon+ Reader for Android was...Continue reading
Creatve Studios’ New Epub3 App is Worse Than Their Old Epub3 App
Epub3 is supposed to be a cutting edge ebook format with interactive content, embedded audio and video, and the best text formatting anywhere. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to see...Continue reading
IDPF to Hold Epub3 Textbook Publishing Workshop in Boston in September
Do you know how I have been saying since May that Epub3 wasn’t ready? Even more proof of that premise crossed my desk this morning. The IDPF sent out a...Continue reading
