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Three JavaScript ePub Readers

The last few weeks have seen a tremendous increase in interest about ePub. Many new blog posts have been written trying to explain the format. We’ve also seen a big jump in the number of publishers coming to Threepress for help with tricky ePub problems or just asking for guidance about the format. While I’d [...]

Ibis Reader beta program opens

We’re starting to share early betas of the Ibis Reader mobile UI for iPhones, Nexus Ones, and other Android devices with a limited group of testers. If you’re interested in joining the beta program and testing on other phones, tablets, and laptops, please email info@ibisreader.com. You may be asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
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Using HTML5 video in ePub

This was an experiment and is a bit of a hack. Most people seeking to embed video in ePub should use the Flash method described earlier.
I wanted to see if could construct a valid ePub file using HTML5 (in this case, employing the HTML5 <video> element). The problem is that ePub only supports one kind [...]

On ebooks and HTML5

Since these technology areas are relatively new I thought I’d point to some of the resources that have been supremely valuable to me in developing an offline web app:

Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
by Jonathan Stark
By a happy coincidence this in-progress book from O’Reilly is running on the Open Feedback Publishing System I [...]