I was at a publishing conference recently and someone asked the question “Why do publishers struggle to adopt to digital technologies?” My answer was “I got two words for you ‘CHANGE MANAGEMENT’ “. The big name publishers (also known to many as the Dinosaurs) have always shown resistance to change. Technologies are bringing about disruptive …read more
ePUB3
Future of Digital Publishing- HTML5
HTML5 offers lots of opportunities for ebook publishers who look forward to expand their portfolio from static text to new genre of books involving lots of multimedia interactivity. It has upgraded ebooks to a new level to contain video, audio, dynamic content and all sorts of interactive features. HTML5 is a specification to format the core …read more
Top five Innovative digital publishing business models for 2012
This coming year promises to bring a lot of excitement in the eReading world! With sales of eReaders skyrocketing and digital editions taking close to 25 to 30% of total revenues for publishers, 2012 may see one of the following (if not all!) digital publishing models take centre stage in production departments of almost all …read more
“Update on epub 3 reader AZARDI”
We had a closer look at the Azardi epub 3 Validator. Here are our Initial reactions – great support for SMIL for multimedia, MathML support is upto the mark, thanks to the newly launched AZARDI-6. The AZARDI 6 release is a full reinvention of AZARDI and the eBook Reader. This new version is built on …read more
ePUB3 New features :
ePUB3 specifications have been released on 11 October by IDPF. Here is a brief overview of the new features that will allow more complex layouts, rich media support and better typography Linking : New standardized way of linking may allow sharing of bookmarks and location across various devices Style sheets : Support for multiple style …read more
