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EPUB (short for electronic publication) is an open XML-based digital book format which uses XHTML and CSS for document content.

EPUB (short for electronic publication) is an open XML-based digital book format which uses XHTML and CSS for document content. It is widely used in electronic ink devices as well as software ereaders. EPUB documents can be created easily using open-source and commercial tools. More information can be found at the International Digital Publishing Forum, which sponsors the EPUB format.

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Amazon KF8 file format specifications

I want to generate KF8 without going through the conversion process (My Content --> Epub/Html --> KindleGen/Calibre/Other tool), as I need more control over kf8 file generation. The guidelines document & the format overview can't fulfill the need…
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Render epub files in android

I have a epub file. I need to unzip and parse the epub file and render it in Webview. Is there a step by step tutorial somewhere.
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Cannot select individual words with fixed layout .epub documents

I have a reader app that loads .epub files and usually I have no problem with selection at all, lately I have integrated fixed layout .epub files but I'm facing a problem: when I have a box containing one line the selection works fine, but when the…
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How to split up Epub Html into pages according to screen size

I'm developing an Android application that reads ebooks (in epub format) and as for now I'm using Paul Siegeman's epublib library that is really a very good epub reader but it has some limitations, for example and the one I need, you can't move…
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Binary file IO in python, where to start?

As a self-taught python hobbyist, how would I go about learning to import and export binary files using standard formats? I'd like to implement a script that takes ePub ebooks (XHTML + CSS in a zip) and converts it to a mobipocket (Palmdoc) format…
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Ebooks reader not capturing embedded font for epub file

I have a problem in my epub reader, it displays all content correctly but it's not capturing the embedded font in the CSS file. When I run the same file on other readers the embedded font is displayed but when I run the html file on one of the…
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Android EPUBLIB read/load content

I'm playing with http://www.siegmann.nl/epublib on Android. Can someone please explain the right way to read epub HTML content, how to show this on Android (using WebView?), how to split content into pages and how to search the content. Thx 10x.
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Creating an Epub file with a Zip library

HI All, I am trying to zip up an Epub file i have made using c# Things I have tried Dot Net Zip http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/ - DotNetZip works but epubcheck fails the resulting file (**see edit below) ZipStorer zipstorer.codeplex.com - creates an…
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PDF Library to rendering the PDF files in Android

I need a PDF library For Android that can read the PDF Files and access to edit and change their contents. Some of Library I have already used : iText Pdf Library(http://itextpdf.com/) PdfViewer But there is problem in Library first one is useful…
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CHM format alternatives?

Microsoft CHM format is great as provide such facilities: Table of contends with tree view. Index. Indexed search. Based on HTML source. But this format is outdated and have many drawbacks: Have security issues (allow execute JavaScript…
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iBooks JavaScript resources

iBooks recently started supporting JavaScript inside epub. Where is this documented? Are there any code examples to get started?
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Looking for open source references for ebook programming in Android

I'm looking for open source references for ebook reading applications in Android. Any reader that has understandable code will do. Thanks!
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Programming books in ePub format

I purchased an iPad hoping to read books on it that've been aging on my desk for months, but it turned out that there're NO programming books available on iBookstore. Are there any (Python, PHP, jQuery) books available in ePub format? Conversion…
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How do you embed an .epub in a web page?

Is there a viewer or plugin of any kind that would allow an .epub document to be viewable on a web page? A Google search turned up tons of installable epub viewing desktop software but I couldn't seem to find anything for embedding this format on a…
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Using java.util.zip to construct valid epub

I built a method that recursively adds the contents of a folder to a zip document with the file extension "epub," which is basically what an epub is except for one thing: the first document in the archive must be named "mimetype," the type must be…
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