How Do I Get Started in Ebook Publishing?

E-books, also known as e-books, are digital forms of today's printed books that are rapidly developing in computer technology and network technology. They are a new type of book record form that uses computer high-capacity storage media to store book information.

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E-books have many of the same characteristics as traditional books: they contain a certain amount of information, such as a certain amount of text,

It consists of three elements: (1) E-book content, which is mainly produced in a special format. Books that can be spread on wired or wireless networks are generally organized by specialized websites. (2) E-book reader, it includes desktop

E-books generally have two meanings, one is e-book, and the other is a handheld reader that reads e-books.

The main formats of e-books are PDF, EXE, CHM, UMD, PDG, JAR, PDB, T

Can subscribe to many electronic journals, books and documents, automatically download the latest news and journals subscribed from the Internet, display full pages of text and graphics, and search, annotate and

The mismatch between the reader and the book format is a difficult point. The 100,000 kinds and 240,000 volumes of e-books in the collection above are all CED format e-books purchased from Founder Apabi, although Hanlin V2, Hanlin V3, Hanlin V8, iRex iLiad 2nd, Sony prs-505, prs- 700,

OEB E-book OEB file format

OEB is short for OpeneBook, an industry standard for formatting and packaging e-books. OEB is based on XML and defines how the text of an electronic publication is tagged and how the parts of an ebook (cover, table of contents, body, description, index, etc.) should be wrapped together. OEB is actually a complex, it can be said that it is a subset of HTML4.0, XML1.0, DublinCore, and CSS1.0. It mainly allows editors and system vendors to join the eBook rank with the least effort, because the above languages are all They are familiar. The OEB 1.0 version still focuses on the formatting, and the forthcoming OEB 2.0 is completely

XML is the mainstay, and the layout format is strictly separated from the data content.

LIT E-book LIT file format

This format is a proprietary file format of the software MicrosoftReader developed by Microsoft Corporation in the United States. The document format is a variant of HTML. At the same time, it also supports the OEB file format. .

The biggest advantage of this format is that its reading style is very close to our usual reading of paper books, so it is very kind to read and supports full-screen reading, but it is characterized by no scroll bar, and page turning is achieved by clicking on the page number. So it's more like looking at a real paper book.

Because the format does not support Chinese, there is currently only an attempt to use this file format to produce and publish electronic reading materials in China.

Reader: MicrosoftReader. Support WinCE handheld computers and smart phones.

XEB E-book XEB file format

Founder is holding an e-book format. Chinese e-book format based on OEB (OpeneBook) and xml (eXtensibleMarkupLanguage, extensible markup language) technology as the core.

It is suitable for mobile phones, dedicated handheld e-book readers, learning machines, MP3, MP4 and other terminal devices, and has a variety of advantages, such as small code files and less resource consumption; integrated layout and streaming reading technology, automatically adapt to the terminal Screen size; support for multi-language reading; support for tables, mathematical formulas, lists, etc .; support for multiple character sets such as rare words and ancient books; support for reading and downloading solutions for multiple protocols; support for communication and interactive functions; support for DOC, PDF, APABI Conversion and reading of multiple formats.

Reader: ApabiXEBReader, Jinke Hanlin Book, Founder Technology Kingworld Reader, Hong Kong GSL, etc.

EBX E-book EBX file format

ElectronicBookExchange. A standard developed by ElectronicBookExchangeWorkinggroup for secure transmission of eBook content between content creators, publishers, and end users.

Reading software: XReader, handheld computer and smartphone supporting WinCE system.

RB E-book RB file format

"RB" is an abbreviation of "RocketeBook", an e-book reader similar to a handheld computer.

RocketeBook, developed by NuvoMedia, uses a special document structure that integrates text, images, and sound. RocketeBook documents consist of two types: basic documents (* .rb) and annotation documents (* .rh, * .rn, and * .ra).

PDB E-book PDB format

A file format used by PalmOS reading tools. pdb is the abbreviation of PalmDataBase, and the file extension used by PalmOS is .pdb.

It can be opened using PalmReader.

JAR E-book JAR format

JAR (JavaARchive, Java Archive) is a platform-independent file format that can combine multiple files into one file. Users can bind multiple Java applets and their required components (.class files, images and sounds) into JAR files, and then download them into the browser as a single simple HTTP (HypertextTranferProtocal, Hypertext Transfer Protocol) transaction, which greatly Increase download speed. The JAR format also supports compression, which reduces the file size and further reduces download time. In addition, applet writers can also digitally sign items in the JAR file to confirm their origin. It is written in Java, is fully backward compatible with existing applet code, and is fully extensible.

This version of the Java platform extends the use of the JAR format. Enhancements include the ability to add command-line JAR tools that can be used to create and update signed JAR files. At the same time, it also provides a new standard API (Application Programming Interface) for reading and writing JAR files. In addition, the Java Extensions Framework also provides a mechanism for handling extension dependencies and other third-party libraries packaged as JAR files.