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Month: August, 2010

Test-driving Apple Pages with ePub export

Finally there’s a commercial word processor that can export ePub.
Today Apple released an update to iWork 9.0.4 that provides ePub as one of the output formats in the Export menu, alongside PDF and Word. Apple has also provided a support page describing the differences between ePub and PDF, and a very helpful [...]

Easier EPUB Experimenting and Updating in iBooks

[Update: Liz Castro has an even easier post on editing EPUB files directly on the iPad.]
The arrival of iBooks this year helped many people understand that ebooks were already capable of interesting experimentation, multimedia, and nuanced, thoughtful design. Many of iBooks’ strengths come directly from the fact that they wisely chose to base it on [...]

ePub Zen Garden contribution: Contact

I love this new design for the ePub Zen Garden from Anthony Caccese, based on his favorite edition of Contact by Carl Sagan:

The chapter headings look especially great:

Thank you Anthony!

Help OPDS Catalogs reach version 1.0

The OPDS Catalog specification has seen tremendous growth in the last year and it’s now fast approaching version 1.0. We’re delighted to request your final comments and critiques on the 1.0 draft through 17 August 2010.
OPDS Catalogs enable the aggregation, distribution, and discovery of books, journals, and other digital content by any user, from any [...]