This is actually a significant update to the threepress.org epubcheck validation service as flaws in the previous versions of Adobe’s epubcheck were causing several critical file types to be completely unvalidated.
I recommend anyone relying on epubcheck, whether as a standalone library or through the web form, revalidate at least a subset of your ePubs.
Two updates to the epub-tools Python code libraries:
tei2epub has been updated to version 1.0b2 as a release candidate.
docbook2epub has been released
The two libraries share common code which is automatically included in any ZIP bundle to handle general ePub tasks, including packing the ZIP file correctly. This required some significant updates to tei2epub, which no longer [...]
I’m very pleased to announce that Threepress Consulting Inc. is now an official member of the International Digital Publishing Forum.
I look forward to supporting and participating in the further development of the ePub standard.
O’Reilly Media will be posting a complete recording of the presentation, but in the meantime I’ve posted the slides from the webcast, “What publishers need to know about digitization” on Slideshare.
Thanks to everyone who attended and especially to those who asked so many excellent questions.
What publishers need to know about digitization
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More extrapolation from usage statistics on the threepress.org ePub validation service, which uses Adobe’s epubcheck:
This report, current as of today, tracks visits to the validator. Blue represents visits in the current month; green is the comparison with the previous month.
When I segment by country I get some interesting new results:
India: +115%
US: +66%
Russia: +2,500%
UK: +52%
Canada: [...]
ePubs added to Bookworm are now fully searchable.
When you add a book to your library, its text is automatically scanned and indexed in the correct language. You can search across all of your books from anywhere in the site.
Results are returned in relevance order. Bookworm supports many advanced search features, such as stemming [...]