what is an

ebook?

an

ebook is an

electronic book

it is not...

a print book on an

electronic device

pdf

reproduces a printed page

exactly

you can zoom

but

cannot change text appearance

may have limited searching

an

ebook is an

electronic book

it is not...

a print book displayed on a screen

formats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

http://xkcd.com/927/

epub

reflow or

flowing text

text and images

no/minimal layout

what is

epub?

epub is a

free & open e-book standard

an

epubis a

bundled website(sort of)

an

epubis a

zipped website(sort of)

epub 2.0

epub 2.0

is readable by

most ebook readers(“most” = “not kindle”)

epub 2.0

is

xhtml 1.1

(c. 1999)

epub 3.0

epub 3.0

is readable by

one ebook reader(iBooks)

epub 3.0

is

html5

(multimedia)

the epub toolbox

1. word processor

save as

html

1a. commercial publishing (indesign)

2. calibre

calibrereally wants to be your

ebook library

calibreprobably won’t be your

ebook library

calibreconverts your

ebook library

Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC,

CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ,

LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML,

RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ

Output Formats: AZW3, EPUB,

FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB,

PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT,

TXTZ

metadata

3. sigil

wysiwyg

code

css

file structure

table of contents

epub t.o.c.versus.

html t.o.c.

metadata

validate

4. reading apps & devices

Image attribution: eBook Readers Galore by Michael Porter https://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/5052936803/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

publishing/

distribution

amazon kindle direct

publishing

amazon KDP Select

distributor/

aggregator

“Real” publisher

Questions?