epu2 and epu3 fixed layout conversion services

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Epub 2 and epub 3 fixed layout conversion services: key to deliver world class services

Among all data conversion services epub 2 and epub 3 fixed layout conversion services are the best one till the date. There are so many reasons behind it and those prominent reasons are described in this piece of content. EPUB 3 is out recently for you. There are so many articles and blogs you can see over the web on this topic. EPUB 3 means EPUB (and thus essentially eBooks as a whole now that Amazon looks set to go the EPUB way) will spread to many more markets and readers because we now have epub:

·         It supports for all complex contents (maths, high-design textbooks)

·         Enriched audio and video content

·         Compatibility with global language

·         Cross platform accessibility

Here’s a comparison chart to see the difference epub 2 and epub 3 fixed layout conversion services:

Feature

EPUB 3.0

EPUB  2.0

Functionalities/impact

HTML 5 <nav>

Yes

No

HTML5 <nav> element supersedes the NCX document.

CSS3 support

Yes

No

Better control over line break, hyphenation etc.

Enables text writing from left to right and right to left.

Multiple style sheets

Yes

No

Supports the ability to include multiple style sheets.

Enables dynamic horizontal and vertical layouts.

OTF & WOFF

Yes

No

Allow fonts which are not installed in the end user’s system to be delivered along with the EPUB file.

Facilitates the retention of the look and feel of the PDF in the EPUB version.

SVG support

Yes

No

EPUB 3 support to represent vector graphics inline within content as well as standalone SVG file.

Pages will be lighter, thus reducing load time, when we use the SVG element to draw shapes.

Metadata

Yes

No

A rich array of options for adding publication metadata to improve global distribution of publications. eg: a Japanese publication could include an alternate Roman-script representation.

epub: type

Yes

No

Allows elements in XHTML to include semantic meanings

This addition allows content to be better grouped and defined based on the requirement

epub: trigger

Yes

No

Enables the creation of mark-up defined user interfaces for controlling multimedia objects. Actions include show/hide, play/pause/resume, mute/unmute, etc.

<bindings>

Yes

No

Provides script-based handlers for non-standard media types

XHTML 5 support

Yes

No

Inherits unless otherwise specified all definitions of semantics, structure and processing behaviors from the HTML5 specification

MathML

Yes

No

Direct embedding of MathML supported

Advantage for STM publishing as this enables rendering of mathematics as text instead of graphics/images

Scripting

Yes

No

Support for scripted content, i.e. interactivity, using JavaScript language

Audio & Video

Yes

No

Inherits support for HTML5 rich media elements

Aural renditions & Media Overlays

Yes

No

Provides text-to-speech facility (Pronunciation Lexicons (PLS), Inline SSML Phonemes, CSS speech features).Enables the usage of SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) for representation of synchronized text and audio.

Features that have been removed:

Feature

EPUB 2.0

EPUB 3.0

Impact/Functionalities

Alternative syntax to XHTML

DTBook

HTML5 semantic markup

DTBook is no longer an alternative syntax

Out-of-Line XML Islands

Yes

No

<item> element no longer has an optional attribute fallback-style

Tours element

Yes

No

Package document no longer includes <tours> element

Guide element

Yes

No

Deprecated in favor of navigation document  <landmarks> feature