EPUB Format For Papers in Repositories by: Brian Kelly
From the Article:If we wish to maximise the take-up of our repositories whilst minimising the effort in processing the files it seems to me that we should explore ways of creating derivative versions from the master source. So rather than uploading a PDF shouldn’t we be uploading the master file and creating a PDF automatically form this resource? And rather than creating an EPUB file, as I have done, shouldn’t the repository software create the EPub file from a HTML version of the file? And whilst I acknowledge that authors may not wish to make their original document (in, say MS Word or Open Office format) available to others and would regard the interoperability aspects of PDF as a feature rather than a flaw there should be nothing to stop the master file being stored in the repository but not openly accessible.
Source: UK Web Focus
Hat Tip and Thanks: Peter Suber
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/epub-format-for-papers-in-repositories/
+ EPub Primer: Everything You Need to Know And More
EPUB is a free and open standard developed by a third-party, the International Digital Publishing Forum http://www.idpf.org/ (IDPF). These devices joined a growing list of eReaders that can read the format, and hundreds of libraries and independent bookstores now offer eBooks that aren’t restricted to a single device.
Source: Laptop Magazine
Hat Tip and Thanks: TeleRead
http://blog.laptopmag.com/epub-primer-everything-you-need-to-know-and-more
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