We’re very excited by the public launch of the second ereading product based on Ibis Reader technology: Bookstream by Don Johnston Incorporated.
“From all perspectives of our development team (project managers, programmers, testers, etc.) the Threepress team has been fantastic to work with on the Bookstream project. It’s not everyday that a project meets timelines [...]
HTML5 is a wild grab-bag of technologies. One of the lesser-known bits at the bottom of the bag is the drag and drop API. This allows you to physically drag files from your computer into a browser page, and have the browser do something with the file (typically upload it).
If you’re logged in to [...]
Liza and I have long been interested in making ebooks more accessibile. Both Bookworm and Ibis Reader reflect that goal (with limited success—accessibility can almost always be improved). However, our focus has always been on improving the web version of Ibis Reader rather than the installable HTML5 App that many people use on their iPhones, [...]
Like many people, my first reaction to the news that Apple blocked the release of the Sony iOS ereader was to assume that Sony had tried to circumvent the long-standing rule that content purchased inside an iOS app must be mediated by Apple’s purchasing system (and 30% cut).
It may now be the case that there [...]
We’ve just released an updated version of Ibis Reader with some new features, performance enhancements, and many bug fixes. The new features are all in the mobile version, though some bug fixes affect the desktop web experience as well. Here are some highlights:
Improved pagination and position-tracking
We’ve changed the method of moving from page to [...]
Thanks to Hatgirl on MobileRead for this great tip on integrating Ibis Reader with Baen free books:
If you use Ibis Reader, you will have seen the “Get Books” link. This allows you to view OPDS catalogs (lists of web-accessible ebooks). The Feedbooks catalogs are pre-installed, and some of you may have set up a Calibre/Dropbox [...]
Thank you to Roxanne McHenry for the opportunity to talk about ebooks, EPUB3, book apps, and Ibis Reader in a recent interview with The Unruly Guides.
We’re very excited to have a new team member for Ibis Reader. Ned Batchelder will be working with us in the weeks ahead to update and improve Ibis, and to add some features that have been requested by current and prospective software licensees.
First up is internationalization. One of the key advantages of an HTML5 [...]
IBM DeveloperWorks has published Data-driven interactive applications with HTML5 and Ajax, my short tutorial on writing offline-capable webapps for mobile devices. Many of these techniques were used when developing Ibis Reader (though Ibis Reader does not use the jQTouch framework).
Covers are in the spotlight for the two updates we’ve just released for Ibis Reader. The first adds small versions of the covers to your web library:
In hindsight, this was an update we should have implemented ages ago, as it makes the library so much more attractive and usable. You should see a cover image [...]