Presentation by Krishna Tewari and Sandeep Dhawan at Frankfurt Bookfair 2011

1. Thinking & Planning the EPUB 3 Way
Perspectives by Online, Publishing and Media Solutions group
13th Oct 2011

2. About Us

3. Global Presence - Global Best Practices
North America
Boston, USA
Detroit, USA
New York, USA
Western Europe
London, UK
Griesheim, Germany
Stockholm, Sweden
Asia Pacific
Sydney, Australia
India:
Mumbai (HQ)
Bangalore
Track record of executing projects across 60 countries New Delhi
Chennai, Pondicherry
Nashik

4. International Accolades
• Included in 2010 & 2011 Global Services 100 listing
• Included in Global Top 10 Mid-Tier Industry
Specific BPO providers in 2011 GS100 listing
• Included among Top 20 Industry Specific BPO
providers in 2010 GS100 listing
• Top 20 Global Service Provider for Financial
Management Services in 2011 IAOP listing
• Ranked among Top 20 Providers globally in the
Black Book of Outsourcing 2009, for:
o Utilities Industry BPO
o Print & Publishing Industry BPO
o General Accounting Outsourcing

5. Online, Publishing and Media Solutions
Focuses on all services and solutions
Pre-Publishing before a publication gets published
Focuses on all digital services and
e-Publishing solutions that are offered post
publication
Services and solutions focusing
e-Retail
on the Online Platforms, including
Solutions Retail segment

6. What did we originally think:
A book in digital form
Readable on-
Computers
Smart phones
Tablets
…..
And then we wanted more….
Color, Interactivity, MathML, videos, audio,
semantics, social mobility…..

7. There were multiple standards:
ePDF
EPUB
Mobi
HTML…
Each with it’s own feature set
but not all together ….

10. EPUB 3.0 Features
Supports HTML 5 and CSS 3

11. MathML
Supports for rendering MathML markup

12. JavaScript
Support scripting in EPUB providing
opportunities for user interactivity

13. Language Support
Enhanced global language support
Enables vertical writing, or defining writing
directions

14. Semantic Tagging
Supports semantic tagging, a feature introduced
HTML-5 will provide advantage of having
improved accessibility

15. Semantic Inflection
epub:type=“this is a footnote”
epub:switch=“to MathML”
epub:trigger=“start Playing”
Enhance the reading experience for Users

16. Audio / Video
Audio / Video can be synchronized with text

17. Comparison
EPUB 3.0 EPUB 2.0.1
1. XHTML5 1. XHTML 1.1 and DTBook
2. SVG appear in spine 2. SVG nested inside XHTML file
3. Support for MathML 3. Replaced with images
4. EPUB Navigation 4. NCX Navigation
5. Supports CSS 3 5. CSS 2
6. Scripting feature - interactivity 6. No scripting support
7. Audio can be text synch’ed 7. Not present

18. Thinking and Planning the EPUB3 way
JavaScript
Interactivity on textbook exercises
Interactive practical sessions
Interactive children books
Interactivity on STM content

19. Thinking and Planning the EPUB3 way
Video and Audio
Cookbooks
for 'how to' learning guides
Subject lectures

20. Thinking and Planning the EPUB3 way
Synchronized Text and Audio
For rhymes
Children books
Learning languages

21. Devices and User Agent on EPUB 3
Popular reading systems yet to support
EPUB3 completely

22. Thinking and Planning the EPUB3 way
HTML 5 - CSS 3 - EPUB Navigation
EPUB for Educational textbooks with semantic approach
Efficiency in handling layout and accessibility
Opportunities for broader range of interactive products
Books, magazines, professional and educational
textbooks

23. Conclusion
Standard is ready and now released
Content that we were not sure to be good for digital is now
much needed content to be digitized!
Typesetting / composition workflows need to take into account
the new requirements
Back files can be new revenue generators
Add updated content
Enhance the content with video and audio components
Work with the service provider to unleash the full potential of
EPUB3

24. EPUB 2
Q&A
EPUB 3

25. Contact
Headquarter / India
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Contact onlineprintmedia@datamatics.com
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Mumbai – 400 093
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