Introduction of E-Publishing
E-publishing (or) ePub (short
for electronic publication) is
a free and open e-book standard by
the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Electronic
publishing (also referred to as e-publishing or digital
publishing) includes the digital publication of e-books, EPUBs, digital magazines, and the development of digital
libraries and catalogues.
EPub is a format for digital books. ePub books are text files that are structured according to the ePub DTD, as defined by the IDPF. Files have the extension. epub. Valid .epub files can then be used on any platform or device that supports ePub.ePub can be generated in two different modes
EPub is a format for digital books. ePub books are text files that are structured according to the ePub DTD, as defined by the IDPF. Files have the extension. epub. Valid .epub files can then be used on any platform or device that supports ePub.ePub can be generated in two different modes
Modes in ePub
·
Standard ePub
·
Fixed Layout ePub
Standard epub
What is
Standard epub?
Standard ePub
has “reflowable text”, meaning it allows the text to adapt to the size of the
display screen. As the user increases the font size in the device the text will
flow according to the display in the devices.
Text Extraction
Text from the
PDF is extracted by using Adobe Acrobat or from the indesign file if any.
Editors and Pre-editing / Xhtml Conversion
Editors
(Epsilon, Edit Plus, Notepad++, etc.) generally provide the features working
with element tags. Syntax highlighting is a basic standard of any
editor; that is, they color element text differently from regular text. Element
and attribute completion based on a DTD. Displaying line numbers is
also a common and useful feature, as is providing the ability to reformat a
document to follow to a particular style of indenture.
What is CSS?
Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing
the look and formatting of a document written in a markup
language.CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content
from document presentation, including elements such as
the layout, colors, and fonts.
Image Cropping
Cropping of the
images from the supplied source PDF using Adobe Photoshop.
ePub Conversion
ePub files are
generated through WinZip with the help of OPF, html, NCX,
and CSS files.
Adobe Digital Editions and Device View
The generated
ePub file will be viewed in Adobe Digital Editions version 2.0 and devices to
verify formatting and links.
Fixed Layout epub
What is Fixed Layout epub?
Fixed Layout
epub has “Fixed text”, meaning the text will gets fixed on the background image.
If the user increases the font size in the device the text will not flow to the
next page in the devices.
Text Extraction
Text from the
PDF is extracted by using Adobe Acrobat or from the indesign file if any.
Editors and Pre-editing / Xhtml Conversion
Editors
(Epsilon, Edit Plus, Notepad++, etc.) generally provides the features working
with element tags. Syntax highlighting is a basic standard of any
editor; that is, they color element text differently from regular text. Element
and attribute completion based on a DTD. Displaying line numbers is
also a common and useful feature, as is providing the ability to reformat a
document to follow to a particular style of indenture.
What is CSS?
Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing
the look and formatting of a document written in a markup
language. CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document
content from document presentation, including elements such as
the layout, colors, and fonts.
Image Cropping
Remove text from
the background image and capture the single-page as images from supplied source
PDF using Adobe Photoshop.
ePub Conversion
ePub files are
generated through WinZip with the help of OPF, Xhtml, NCX,
and CSS files.
Device View
The generated
ePub file will be viewed in devices to verify formatting and links.
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