iPad eBook format overview of the .epub file

Use .epub to create eBooks and load them on iPad. See the internal structure how the pieces fit. The .epub format is free/open. It allows reflowable and resizable text, CSS decorations, .jpegs, .gif, .png but no moving images or sound.

More resources:
Build an ePub Tutorial - http://katiebooks.ca/page17.html
PC tool - http://ebook-publisher.software.informer.com/2.3
"ePub" on MobileRead Wiki - http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPUB
Firefox Add-on - http://www.epubread.com
PDFxml Inspector - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/mars
Specs - http://www.idpf.org/specs.htm
ePub Check - http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck
DIY - http://www.jedisaber.com/eBooks/tutorial.asp
Construction guide: http://www.hxa.name/articles/content/epub-guide_hxa7241_2007.html

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[davidtheharper]

Fabulous, thank-you! Just what's needed, I tried to read up on this a dozen times before, this was the first time I understood it & felt I could use what I understood! (I'm a professor myself, but I wish I could have been one of your students!) ... But surely this should mean that it would be a breeze to produce what's needed in Dreamweaver, shouldn't it? Can you give us a tutorial on how to do it? And why on earth isn't it built into Dreamweaver?! Maybe because Adobe wants to sell InDesign...

[jeremykemp]

@davidtheharper Much of the anatomy is doable in any web editor. The tricky part comes in compressing the pieces. I found it very awkward to build a book and then compress/decompress/recompress for each edit in order to proof the book and refine it. It see a new crop of editors coming out on the heels of the iPad.

[abawi192072]

does it support to format tables ???

[jeremykemp]

@abawi192072 Yes - See OPS, Section2.2.1: "OPS requires all conforming Reading Systems to support the following modules consistent with their descriptions in the XHTML and HTML specifications, unless otherwise specified in this document.... caption, col, colgroup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr"

[chenowth5551]

i downloaded a book on the nook app for my computer and it says i cant open epub files. how do i open them??

[CrazyShortcutQuilts]

@SuperGuestaccount I am using a book by Elizabeth Castro called "EPUB Straight to the Point" to format my InDesign files for export to EPUB but the book also teaches how to add to and change the code in the zipped files described in this video - because what InDesign ships out looks like crap. The book teaches enough css and xhtml to get you through creating a nice layout. From what I've read everywhere it's the only way to do it, and so far I am happy with this book. Marguerita

[SuperGuestaccount]

This helps in understanding technology behind an ePub, but from a Graphic Artists standpoint, I'd love to see how to create a good ePub in InDesign complete with graphics that look good. I'm not a programmer and need to see the transition from this type of lesson to actually making an ePub.

[samjhamann]

Great video, even for a non-html kinda guy. I am working on an iBook and am curious about the rights management. Do you know if InDesign automatically inserts the "rights.xml" line in the code? and does one have to include a file underneath the rights line to describe the rights management?

[ethandvu]

Thank you. Love to find content like this on youtube.

[davidtheharper]

I'm a musicologist and conductor, working with all kinds of affective-effective learning, specially showing how the renaissance musician's way of seeing things can solve many of today's problems - musica humana

[thearchiveable]

@davidtheharper

Professor in which field?

[PaigeSage]

I love you!  That was great.

[cjbowdish]

Great presentation. It was interesting learning how the ebooks used in ipads are put together. How can one open the .epub file to view the different parts that you showed in this video?