Chapter 2 Digital Publishing Formats And Their Capabilities
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Chapter 2: Digital Publishing Formats and Their Capabilities
Like devices, epublication formats are numerous and varied, with differences, sometimes subtle, between them, but large divergences in purpose, capability and device support. Consequently, it’s most logical and productive to think of epublications in terms of format classes, with each class offering a particular combination of purpose, capability, and device support. In this chapter, you will learn about the following formats: Reflowable EPUBFixed-LayoutKindle FormatsPDF
Chapter 1: eReading Devices and Their Capabilities
The first thing to understand about digital publishing is what devices people use to consume digital content, including what types of publications each device class can support, how people use the devices, and where ereading hardware is headed. You will find a startling array of devices on the market, but ultimately there are only four classes of devices on which digital publications are consumed. In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Device Classes eReaders Tablets Computers Mobile Phones Hybrid Devices Future Devices Designing for Devices
Chapter 3: Digital Publication Types and Their Markets
Now that we’ve examined the characteristics and capabilities of the available digital publication formats, it’s time to think about the kind of content you want to disseminate digitally. It’s all rather subjective, but I’ll identify the purpose, character and use of different publication types as well as explain which format classes are best suited to each type. In this chapter, you will learn about the following publication types: eBookFixed-Layout eBookEmagazineEnewspaperEtextbookDigital Comic Book