A few programs have asked the Lab what the best strategy is for publishing their existing material in ebook format. The Lab is developing a brief review that will explain a viable ebook publishing position. This page is tracking the ideas and output of the Lab's activities around ebook.

Objectives:

1) Develop brief review with ebook guidance for public health programs (may not be necessary due to existing work by OADC)

2) Update the epub ebook given to FMO for FY13 CJ.

Existing open questions (without priority):

High Priority

  • eBook vs PDF? - Tom
  • How do you build a .mobi book? - Greg
  • What are the popular readers? What are the usage statistics? - Brian
  • What version of epub is best to use?
  • What tools should be used to build an ebook? - Greg

Medium Priority

  • What is the comparison of popular Reader features? - Brian
  • What is the trend for reader / format support? - Brian

Low Priority

  • What are the performance metrics for readers with sample books?
    • Initial book load
    • Page turn speed
    • Resize font
    • Search
  • How to build tables in epub2.1
  • Confirm that tables work well based on high-resolution content from FMO.
  • Test non-iBooks epub 2.1 readers in iOS and Android.
  • How to distribute ebook (web site download, email, book store, etc.)?
  • What format does Barnes&Noble use to distribute ebooks? epub I think
  • What format does Sony use to distribute ebooks? epub I think
  • What readers should we target?
  • What formats are supported by iBooks?
  • Are tables supported in non-epub books?
  • How do you import
    • from Word
    • from PDF
    • to epub
    • to mobi
  • How do you convert
    • from epub to mobi
    • from mobi to epub
    • ???

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Tasks: TBD

Recommendation: TBD

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