Working Towards a Standard
eBook Format:
EPUB

Value of Standards
 Healthy Ecosystem presents better
opportunities for Prosperity and Long
Term Growth
 Standards are the KEY to a Healthy
Ecosystem

Who are the standards for?
 Ifgoal is better opportunities for
Prosperity and long term growth…these
standards need to benefit the consumer
and companies along the Digital Supply
Chain

2006 eBook Consumer Survey:
Main suggestions from group
 Price of eBooks should be considerably
lower than print
 Selection of eBooks should be improved
 Lack of interoperability needs to be
addressed.

IDPF Standards
 IDPF standards intended to
streamline digital content for publishers
 Facilitate flow of content through
sales and distribution channels
 Open and non-proprietary Standards

What is EPUB?
 EPUBis the XML-based file format for
downloadable digital books
 EPUB actually composed of three
standards OPS, OPF, OCF
 True interoperability across platforms

Where is DRM?
 There is no DRM standard at this time and DRM
application is proprietary
 DRM is a fact of life today and EPUB is a means to
help streamline digital content for publishers
 eBook options include: DRM Free,
Interoperable, Watermarking, Social DRM,
Proprietary DRM,

How does EPUB help the Publisher?
 Publisherscan reduce costs of
conversion. Create EPUB only and send
through distribution channels
 Format Management
 More content available for consumer

EPUB Workflow Realities Ahead
 EPUB adoption and implementation
is taking place…not without
challenges
 Distributors are receiving EPUB
and converting to other formats as
necessary

EPUB: Into Supply Chain

Association American Publishers :
EPUB support
 HarperCollins Publishers  Cambridge University Press
 Harlequin  Oxford University Press
 Simon & Schuster  Pelican Publishing Company
 Hachette Book Group  Cengage Learning
 John Wiley & Sons Inc.  Workman Publishing
 Penguin Group USA  Seattle Book Company
 Random House  National Science Teachers Assoc.
 Macmillan  CQ Press

European:
EPUB support
 Random House  Oxford University Press
 HarperCollins  Cambridge University Press
 Penguin  Gardners Books
 Simon & Schuster  Taylor & Francis
 Pan Macmillan  Value Chain International
 Mills & Boon  WHSmith
 Waterstones  and more to come…
 O’Reilly Media

Supply Chain: EPUB support
 Adobe  Libri.de Internet GmbH
 OverDrive  Ingram Digital
 DNAML  Aptara
 LibreDigital  TexTech
 eBook Technologies  codeMantra
 Publishing Dimensions  Mobipocket
 VitalSource Technologies  Digital Media Initiatives
 Innodata Isogen  Smashwords
 and many more…

EPUB Readers:
 Adobe Digital Editions*  eBookwise
 Sony Reader*  Kindle
 Stanza Reader for  Mobipocket
iPhone*  FBReader*
 Bookworm Reader*  IPG Azardi*
 BeBook*  Cybook*
 iRex Reader*  Cool-er Reader*

What’s Next for EPUB?
 EPUB Standards Maintenance Group
 IDPF Best Practices Guide
 Next Evolution EPUB 3.0

Most Downloaded Library
eBooks (2008)*
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
4. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
5. Because You're Mine by Lisa Kleypas
* Source OverDrive, Inc. (Jan 6, 2009)

Michael Smith
IDPF
msmith@idpf.org
www.idpf.org
905-235-4373

April Wholesale Trade +228%
$12,100,000
Calendar Year to Date + 155%

Recent News in eBook Space
 Feb 5 – Google Book Search for iPhone and Android
 Feb 9 – Amazon Kindle 2 Launch
 Feb 16 – Adobe Reader Mobile SDK 9
 February 25 – Indigo Shortcovers launched
 March 4 – Amazon Kindle for iPhone Launch

Recent News in eBook Space
 March 5 – B&N acquires Fictionwise
 March 11 – Sony Reader launch in Germany
 March 17 – Sony and Google partner to release
500,000 Public Domain EPUB Books
 March 25 – Pragmatic Programmers EPUB

Recent News in eBook Space
 March 30 – EPUB Bootcamp
 Apr 2 – News Corp confirms looking into
investment in company specializing “eReader
Technologies”
 Blackberry App Store opening up
 Apr 17 – Random House Announces will be first to
put books into Blackberry App

Recent News in eBook Space
 Apr 17 – O’Reilly begins to sell DRM Free titles
on Amazon Kindle
 Apr 22 – Penguin signs English eBook distribution
with China
 Penguin +700% first quarter of 2009 vs. Q1 2008
 April 27 – Amazon purchases Lexcyle (Stanza
Reader for iPhone)

Recent News in eBook Space
 April 28 – B&N/Fictionwise add EPUB to
Multiformat Titles
 May 6 – Kindle DX Reader announced
 May 12 - New Cybook update announced with
EPUB support
 May 14 - Cool-er Reader released with EPUB
Support?

Recent News in eBook Space
 May 15 – New BeBook Reader released with EPUB
Support
 June 2 – Google Sets Plans to Sell eBooks
 June 7 – EPUB Zen Garden launched
 June 9 – California to scrap school textbooks in favor
of eBooks
 June 12 – S&S to sell eBooks on Scribd.com
 June 15 – ePubBooks.com goes live