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EPUB From the Ground Up: A Hands-On Guide to EPUB 2 and EPUB 3

EPUB From the Ground Up: A Hands-On Guide to EPUB 2 and EPUB 3

by Jarret Buse
EPUB From the Ground Up: A Hands-On Guide to EPUB 2 and EPUB 3
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EPUB From the Ground Up: A Hands-On Guide to EPUB 2 and EPUB 3

EPUB From the Ground Up: A Hands-On Guide to EPUB 2 and EPUB 3

by Jarret Buse

Overview

EPUB from the Ground Up shows you, step by step, how to develop state-of-the-art electronic publications with one of the most widely used standards in the industry. This practical guide walks you through the basicsof HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript. No prior experience with markup languages or programming is needed!

You'll learn how to set up your EPUB file, select fonts, add images, and even incorporate audio, video, interactivity, and more features with EPUB 3. The book explains how to convert your file for use on various devices, including the Kindle. The most popular free software for EPUB creation, such as Sigil and Calibre, is also discussed. Detailed examples help you understand the concepts covered in this hands-on resource.

  • Learn how to use XML, HTML, and XHTML to code your EPUB file
  • Enhance the visual quality of your e-book with CSS
  • Change fonts and add colors and images
  • Create the table of contents and manage reading order using Navigation Center eXtended (NCX) and Open Packaging Format (OPF) files
  • Convert your EPUB file to Kindle and other formats
  • Discover how digital rights management (DRM) and signatures protect e-books and how to secure embedded fonts with font obfuscation
  • Learn to use EPUB 3 enhancements, including support for audio, video, and Flash files, Mathematics Markup Language (MathML), Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL), and more
  • Create interactive e-books using JavaScript

All examples and source code in the book are available for download at www.mhprofessional.com/EPUB

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780071830522
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 10/11/2013
Series: From the Ground Up
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jarret W. Buse is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He has been the coauthor of or a contributor to several books on certification topics. Jarret has years of experience working with e-books, including EPUB.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

1 EPUB Defined 1

EPUB Version2 (EPUB 2) 2

Open Container Format 3

Key Word Usage 4

Open Packaging Format (OPF) 11

Open Publication Structure (OPS) 11

What About the Kindle? 11

What Is SVG? 12

What Is Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language (NVDL)? 14

What Is DAISY or DTBook? 14

What Is an EPUB? 17

Preparing to View the Contents of an EPUB File 17

Viewing the Contents of an EPUB File 20

XML Basics 21

2 HTML 27

XHTML 28

What Is XHTML? 28

What's the Difference Between HTML and XHTML? 29

OPS XHTML Types 30

Structure 30

Text 39

Hypertext 45

List 48

Object 49

Presentation 52

Edit 54

Bidirectional Text 55

Table 56

Image 61

Client-Side Image Map 62

Meta Information 65

Style Sheet 66

Link 66

Base 67

Practice 68

3 CSS 69

What Are Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)? 70

Selectors 71

Declarations 73

What Are the Four Ways to Specify Size? 75

How Do I Test font-size-adjust? 77

What Are the Various Length Measurements? 79

What Is Inheritance? 82

What Is the Difference Between Inline and Block? 88

Special Selectors 105

Practice 111

4 Fonts, Images, and Colors 113

Fonts 114

Embedding Fonts 115

How Does the Directory Structure Work? 116

What If My TTF File Doesn't Work? 118

Shouldn't All EPUB Systems Support Embedded Fonts? 119

Images 120

Embedding Images 120

How Do I Get Dimensions of an SVG Image? 121

What About CSS Order of Precedence? 122

EPUB Note 123

Colors 126

Displaying Colors 126

Grayscale 127

5 Navigation Center extended (NCX) and Open Packaging Format (OPF) 129

NCX Introduction 130

Header 130

<ncx> 131

<head> 131

<doctitle> 132

<navMap> 132

How Do I Know If the NCX Is Valid? 134

OPF Introduction 134

Header 135

<package> 135

<metadata> 135

<manifest> 136

<spine> 137

<guide> 139

6 Converting EPUB Files 141

Getting Ready to Convert 142

Converting to EPUB 144

Converting from EPUB 148

Practice, Practice, Practice 154

7 EPUB Security 155

Introduction to EPUB Security 156

Public Key Infrastructure and RSA 157

Online Libraries 157

Advanced Encryption Standard 158

EPUB Security Files 158

rights.xml 159

encryption.xml 161

Font Mangling 163

Signing an EPUB 164

Secure Hash Algorithm 164

signatures.xml 164

Validation 167

8 EPUB 3 169

Differences Between EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 170

New Navigation File 171

Viewing EPUB 3 Files 171

Cover Image 172

MathML 173

Fixed Layouts 174

Embedding Audio and Video 177

Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language 183

Creating Narrative Files Without a Microphone 183

Text to Speech 193

Flash Animation 193

9 JavaScript 195

Getting Ready 196

Setting Up a Spot for JavaScript 198

JavaScript Programming 200

Variables 200

What Is document.write? 202

Math Operators 203

Assignment Operators 204

Arrays 205

Multidimensional Arrays 207

Associative Arrays 208

Functions 208

What About Forms? 209

What Is the Alert? 211

Objects 213

Conditions 214

Loops 219

Events 220

Example Functions 222

Index 227

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