ePUB is subset of e-publishing with .epub extension (or link), designed by International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF – Trade and standards organization for the digital publishing industry. ) for use as a standard E-book - What is E-Publishing? - Example of e-publishing - Type of e-publishing - ePUB in depth - ePUB features - What can ePUB 3 can do? - How to read an EPUB file on Personal Computer? - E-Publishing: e-Book, e-Journal, Online Magazine, Onlline Newspaper, PDF, Blog, Collaborative Software, File Sharing, Podcast, Mobile App and ePUB

2. What is E-Publishing?
E-Publishing is text, image, audio
and media have presented in the
form of electronics.

3. Example of e-publishing:
E-book
Electronic journal
Online magazine
Online newspaper

4. PDF
Blog
Collaborative software
File sharing
Transfer any file with other people
Podcast
A podcast is a digital consisting of an episodic series of
media files subscribed to and downloaded through web
syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile
device
Mobile apps
Mobile or Smart Phone Application

5. ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
The International
Digital Publishing Forum
(IDPF)
http://idpf.org

6. EPUB is the files have the extension .epub. EPUB is designed by
International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF – Trade and
standards organization for the digital publishing industry. ) for
use as a standard E-book.
EPUB is one of Electronic Publishing.
There are many files included in an epub file. It is free creating
and accessing for all devices with supported program. There are
many Programs to create the EPUB such as “Adobe InDesign”.
EPUB is designed for reflowable contents, it means EPUB can
optimize text for a particular display device (like Responsive).

7. EPUB Features
 Free and open
 Reflow able (word wrap) and resizable text
(Responsive)
 Inline raster and vector images
 Embedded metadata
 DRM support
 CSS styling
 Use of out-of-line and inline XML islands to
extend the functionality of EPUB
 Support for Audio and Video content (dependent
on device support).

8. What EPUB 3 can do?
This example video is for iBook app in iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

9. How to read an EPUB file on Personal Computer?
In the Android and iOS have many application supported EPUB and can download it from App
store ( Apple) or Play store (Google). But in PC you needed the program to read the .epub file.
There are some popular EPUB reader programs.
Adobe Digital Editions (Windows/Mac)
Adobe® Digital Editions is software offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital
publications. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline.
Transfer copy-protected eBooks from your personal computer to other computers or devices. Organize your
eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Digital Editions also supports industry-standard eBook
formats, including PDF/A and EPUB.

10. EPUBReader Firefox Extension (Windows/Linux/Mac)
If you click on a link to an ePub file, you are normally prompted with the Firefox save dialog.
Calibre (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for
users of e-books.

11. E-Publishing
E-Book
E-Journal
Online Magazine
Online Newspaper
PDF
Blog
Collaborative Software
File sharing
Podcast
Mobile Apps
ePUB
EPUB