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Welcome to the Digital Publishing Technology Center. This site provides technical articles and tools to assist you with producing and distributing content compatible with key open standard file formats supported by Adobe desktop, mobile, and web services software. The Digital Publishing product family enables publishers to securely distribute, and consumers to conveniently read and manage, eBooks and other digital publications.
(July 24, 2008)
Sony today announced that the Reader Digital Book will be the first eBook reading device to support the EPUB format, the International Digital Publishing Forum’s XML-based format for reflowable digital books and publications. Starting next month, the Reader model PRS-505, will be able to access and accept secure and non-secure ebooks in the EPUB format. EPUB has gained acceptance among major trade book publishers, many of whom have committed to begin publishing forthcoming ebooks in the format. Additionally, the device will support Adobe eBooks with digital rights management and have the capability to reflow standard text-based PDF eBooks for improved flexibility and readability. Read the full press release.
(May 14, 2008)
Adobe has updated its popular Digital Editions software, a lightweight, rich Internet application for reading, acquiring and organizing digital books and other publications. Version 1.5 features enhanced DRM flexibility through named activation so that users can move content across platforms and mobile devices using an Adobe ID. In addition, ADE 1.5 is localized in French and German and has support for Mac® OSX 10.5 (Leopard).
Adobe Digital Editions supports both PDF and IDPF EPUB, a standard format designed to reflow for the screens of mobile reading devices, which has gained broad acceptance among book publishers. Today, at the IDPF conference “Digital Book 2008” in New York City, Sony publicly demonstrated EPUB, PDF, and Adobe’s DRM technology on a Reader Digital Book. The demonstration included transfer of content from Digital Editions 1.5 to the Sony device.
Adobe Digital Editions has over 1 million installations since the June 2007 launch. The new software will be automatically provided to users who have installed Digital Editions 1.0, and is available at the product site.
Adobe has also released an updated Digital Editions installer and launcher for distributors of eBooks. The installer is used to detect and install the latest version of ADE for retail or library customers of Adobe eBooks. The software is free to use and available with implementation instructions.
Use these publishing tools to facilitate the production and validatation of well-formed, device-ready EPUB content.
If you want to validate your EPUB files, run this Java-based tool. EpubCheck can detect many types of errors in EPUB, and checks OCF container structure, OPF and OPS mark-up, and internal reference consistency.
Use the Installer and Launcher SDK to detect if Digital Editions is installed, launch Digital Editions if already installed, and provision Digital Editions with a DRM fulfillment or with a content URL for direct download of unprotected PDF or EPUB content.
Read these instructions for setting up the Installer and Launcher SDK.
Review these style and conformance documents about best practices and tips for publishing digital content.
Get EPUB specifications from the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry.
Read specifications for OCF, a zip-based standard used to encapsulate all of the pieces of a digital publication into a single file.
Read specifications for OPS, the digital publication’s markup or content (words on the page).
Read specifications for OPF, the navigation, packaging, metadata, and table of contents (how the pages relate to one another).
Learn more about the features and benefits of the EPUB industry standard file format.
Follow these guidelines for creating well-formed and well-formatted EPUB documents. To read this EPUB document, you will need to use Digital Editions, which you can install from the Digital Editions product site.
Learn about best practices and tips for authoring EPUB documents in InDesign CS3.
Get the latest information on the development of XSLT style sheets to convert DocBook XML books and articles to EPUBs.
Obtain information about supporting bidirectional text and MathML for EPUBs.
Learn about the digital publishing industry through industry articles, blogs and events.
See news, information and tips about Adobe Digital Editions.
Read articles and opinions from Bill McCoy, General Manager of Digital Publishing at Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Access technical information about Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology (ADEPT).
Learn more about the features and workflow of Adobe Digtial Experience Protection Technology.
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