eBooks: standards and formats

EPUB, Mobi, PDF, Kindle, iBooks - what does it all mean for readers of digital content? This session takes a layman's look at proprietary formats and standards in ebooks helping us to make sense of it all.

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1. Standards & Formats
2. James Clay ILT & Learning Resources Manager Gloucestershire College elearningstuff.net @jamesclay
3. Books
4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/spencereholtaway/2273333867
5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lochaven/2588186224/
6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/linnybinnypix/1189891134/in/photostream/
7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichands/3547142390
9. eBooks
13. eBook Readers
16. What should I buy?
17. Devices
19. Kindle Nexus 7 Nook iPod touch Windows Oynx Boox Mac OS X Android Cybook Sony Reader iPhone Windows Phone Foxit eSlick Kindle Fire Azbooka Nook Color Kindle DX Windows RT iPad mini iPad Archos Kobo Linux Viewsonic Kindle touch jetBook
20. Formats
21. Archos Reader DjVu EPUB FictionBook HTML Kindle Microsoft Reader Mobipocket Multimedia eBook eReader Plain Text Plucker PDF Postscript Repligo TealDoc Tome Raider iBooks TEI Lite TEBR Open eBook DAISY BBeB
22. Format Capabilities
23. DRM Support Table Support Bookmarking Annotation Support Image Support Word wrapping Open Standard Audio Support Interactivity Video Support Web
24. Device Capabilities
25. DRM Support Tables Text to Speech Dictionary Images Word wrapping WiFi Audio Touch Video Web Browser Storage Card Reader USB Touch screen Colour Screen 3G
26. Making it simple...
29. That’s not simple...
30. Formats
39. EPUB
40. EPUB2
41. EPUB3
42. PDF
43. HTML
44. Mobi
46. iBooks
48. Readers
50. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/3336040653
51. Kindle
54. iPad
57. iPad mini
58. Mac
59. Windows
60. What do you want to do?
61. http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneblackrider/1716304120
62. Read
63. Create
65. Lending
66. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gubatron/2256923510
67. Delivery
68. http://www.flickr.com/photos/edans/4006273845/
69. Usage
70. Compatibility
71. DRM
72. Authentication
73. http://www.flickr.com/photos/leonardlow/310039863/
74. The Future
75. Updating
76. Dynamic
77. Awareness
78. Standards & Formats
79. James Clay ILT & Learning Resources Manager Gloucestershire College elearningstuff.net @jamesclay