Apple iPad using ePub format for ebooks -

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With the launch of the iPad:

Amazon might be a wee bit worried (or not, already mixed thoughts on Job's new baby) as this iPad has the potential to overshadow the Kindle.

Well, IF it is successful then why not get your e-books in a format that the iPad will be able to read?

Apparently Apple use ePub format and that's all open platform stuff - see here:

https://www.idpf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22

Mmm, interesting eh?

Peter

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I started reading about the ePub format minutes after it came out of Steve Jobs' mouth.
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  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  I started reading about the ePub format minutes after it came out of Steve Jobs' mouth.
  
  What did you use to create your Epub files from word docs?
  
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  Well, just like its ads said: iPad makes reading like never before:p
  
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Hello,
that is one big iphone!!!!
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  Originally Posted by Lou Diamond
  
  Hello,
  that is one big iphone!!!!
  
  ITS NOT AN IPHONE!!!
  
  I HATE it when people make stupid generalisations like that. If this thing surpasses allthe bad gossip that people are spreading about it, it WILL overtake the netbook.
  
  Heck, how's you like to wake up every morning to your emails, your favourite newspaper, a little brain-engaging puzzle and a fully functioning keyboard all in a machine thinner that most flat monitors?
  
  This will revolutionise the computer. No doubt. And It will make IM-in-bed a real possibility.
  
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If I hadn't seen this on a video, I'd have said that was a photoshopped iPhone.

However, I did, and despite the fact it's going to sell shedloads - I'm most likely going to be getting a shiny new iMac instead.
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Karl & Lou,

Can you imagine Dom Joly using one? (Trigger Happy TV)

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  Adobe Digital Editions is a free eBook reader that supports the ePub format. Might be a good way to test your eBooks on a larger screen than your iPod or iPhone until the iPad is available.
  
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  Originally Posted by Peter Bestel
  
  Karl & Lou,
  
  Can you imagine Dom Joly using one? (Trigger Happy TV)
  
  HELLO! YES, I'M ON AN iPAD. NO, IT'S RUBBISH!
  
  Seems that Dom Joly himself seized the opportunity...
  
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There's also this app for your iPhone and iPod Touch that can read ePub docs too:

Welcome - BookShelf - E-book reader for iPhone and iPod Touch
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15 years ago

Apparently "great minds"* do think alike.

Researching "ePub" is about two or three down on my list of "things to do".

From a bit of preliminary research I did a couple weeks ago--right after the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, where a slew of e-readers were introduced--the ePub format is predominant among non-proprietary methods.

Elmer

*Going through the same thought processes as Peter, Dan and Karl indicates one of two things. Either I'm on the right track or these guys are as clueless as I sometimes think I am. Hope it's the former.

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Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

*Going through the same thought processes as Peter, Dan and Karl indicates one of two things. Either I'm on the right track or these guys are as clueless as I sometimes think I am. Hope it's the former.

I hope it's the former too.

Has anyone found anything yet on video/audio support on the iPad for the ePub format?

Also, here's another reader: calibre - E-book management

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Can't wait to get my hands on one of those!
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Unfortunately, Apple has done it yet again, and intentionally crippled its iPad. Adobe itself has stated that the ePub books for the iPad will NOT be accessible on other devices because of Apple's DRM restrictions -

Adobe on Flash and the iPad: 'Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices' -- Engadget
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well this looks really cool. A new way of reading ebooks and magazines.
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Fine link. Apple use ePub format looks to be worth useful. It enhances the features of ipad definitely.
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