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Digital Rights Management for ePUB

The most popular DRM option for ePub files is Adobe Content Server, which is utilized by Sony and many other eBook stores.

 

ePub and ePub3 Creation, Conversion and Formatting Services

ePUB conversion services
from virtually any format
(Word, PDF, Quark, InDesign,
XML or HTML)

SunTec India provides ePUB creation, formatting and conversion services pertaining to the IDPF standards. We accept source from any format – MS Word, PDF, Quark, InDesign, RTF, 3B2, XML, HTML or any other medium and convert them into flowable digital books and publications which can be read on any device with compatible reading application. Having the advantage of being an open & standard format, ePUB offers consumers’ interoperability between hardware & software. 

ePUB conversion services

ePub spread shown on an iPad, produced by SunTec

ePub3 Conversion and Formatting Services

Our ePub3 conversion services enable you with:

  • Audio, video and interactive features support and synchronization that includes XHTML5, CSS3, Audio and Video tags
  • Support for Scalable Vector Graphics
  • Improvised Metadata Standards
  • Support to all international languages
  • Support for MathML that ascertains formulas being displayed as content instead of image 

Fixed Layout and Enhanced ePub Cconversion Services:

SunTec offers you Fixed Layout ePub conversion services, allowing you to create books with precise layout, closely matching the actual page layout of the source, using CSS.

Through our Enhanced ePUB eBooks Conversion Services, we help you embed video and audio files, design flexible cover pages– enabled to fit perfectly into any size of eBook, table of content and searchable text files. Equipped with internal and external linking, our multimedia ePub conversions are not only interactive and media rich but also ensure that your ePub formatted file successfully passes validation tests required for sale on Apple’s iTunes iBookstore.

Overview:

The ePUB format was developed as an industry-wide standard for eBooks. It is based on a variety of other technologies and standards, like Open eBook and XHTML 1.1, but its uniqueness is in how it combines these standards to provide a solid formatting foundation for eBooks of just about every shape and size.

The ePUB standard is maintained by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a non-profit organization made up of technology and publishing companies. ".epub" is the file extension of an XML format for reflowable digital books and publications.

Why ePub Conversion

ePUB: An emerging de-facto standard

ePUB is the new industry standard format. It is gaining wide acceptance among major publishers and retailers across the world. As an open, standard format, it offers consumers interoperability between software and hardware for unencrypted reflowable digital books and other publications.

ePUB books can be read on Windows and MAC computers with ADE (Adobe Digital Edition) e-reader; on Linux computers with software like FBreader; on iPods with Stanza. These can be read natively on dedicated devices like the Sony Reader, the iPhone (using the Stanza application), the Hanlin eReader, the Cool-ER and the upcoming Plastic Logic device.

Recent Facts:

  • Barnes and Noble recently unveiled a new e-book reader called Nook which is ePUB compatible. B &N is further converting its entire library to ePUB.
  • Sony Electronics, which sells e-book devices under the Reader brand, plans to start selling digital books only in the ePUB format.
  • Google has also announced that it would adopt the ePUB digital book format for its distribution of digital books.
  • iRex is soon going to launch a new 3G enabled touchscreen eReader which is again based on ePUB standard.

ePUB compatibility is the single most important bit of news here, and the reason is simple. ePUB standard e-books can be read on any device or reading application that is compatible with ePUB, thus enabling readers to buy e-books or obtain free e-books from a wide range of online sources. The readers can easily create a library of books independent of whatever reader they may have - they are no longer locked into a format/reader. So, having your titles converted to ePUB seems a very sensible thing to do.
 

Why SunTec for ePUB Creation / ePUB Conversion / ePUB Formatting Services

The display engines for ePUB books have not quite caught up with the formatting standards, but already the formatting possibilities in ePUB books have surpassed all of the other formats. Automated tools that convert your books to ePUB almost always result in an unformatted output with specific devices. For example, headings, footnotes, tables, graphs may not display properly. Significant manual intervention is hence required to ensure compact and most accurate formatting. You don't have to worry about that anymore. We do it all for you!

We take a lot of pride in what we have accomplished so far. We have completed a wide variety of ePUB conversion projects for publishers, universities, libraries, corporations and technology companies all over the world. We are also capable of handling large volume projects with varying complexity.

We are ready to work with you as your conversion centre, following your selected routine and providing required assistance as per your workflow.

We offer conversion services to the ePUB format (and many other EBOOK formats) from virtually any medium - WORD, PDF, QUARK, INDESIGN, 3B2, RTF, XML, HTML and others. Our EPUB files are consistent with the standards set by the IDPF.

The ePUB format seems to be the direction a lot of publishers are going in and as part of our typesetting services we can supply a packaged ePUB file ready for distribution at the same time we supply a print-ready PDF.

Please contact us to discuss your ePUB Creation / ePUB Conversion / ePUB Formatting service requirements, or to obtain a quote.

 
Case Study

Learn the difference we made through our Read Aloud Fixed Layout ePub Conversion Services for one of our European ePublishing clients, and how we can help you.

More details on this link.

 

 
SunTec clearly understood the challenges confronting digitalizing historic documents. We entrusted SunTec to convert the documents on tax treaty law which are based in the OEEC/OECD archives in Paris.

The project required very high accuracy of conversion and very strict XML/XHTML tagging. We are pleased with the results SunTec provided, and would certainly consider using SunTec again for any future project.

-- Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
 
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