RWA 2014 - ePub Demystified

epubwhat the heck?

zipped up (compressed) html

Let’s go Inside an ePub

The Sections:Text

StylesImagesFontsAudioVideoMisc

Tell the file how stuff looks.

<link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

<p class="slug">Constantinople, Turkey. The suq (bazaar), May 13,1811</p>

p.slug {display: block;font-size: 100%;margin: 1.5em 0em 3em 0em;text-indent: 0;font-style: italic;text-align: left;}

Constantinople, Turkey. The suq (bazaar), May 13,1811

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Table of Contents Links

<h1 id="chapter5"><a href="../Text/toc.xhtml#tocchapter5">CHAPTER 5</a></h1>

. . . in toc.xhtml. . . <p><a id="tocchapter5"/><a href="../Text/chapter005.xhtml#chapter5">Chapter 5</a></p>

. . . in chapter005.xhtml. . .

Table of Contents Links

<h1 id="chapter5"><a href="../Text/toc.xhtml#tocchapter5">CHAPTER 5</a></h1>

. . . in toc.xhtml. . .

<p><a id="tocchapter5"/><a href="../Text/chapter005.xhtml#chapter5">Chapter 5</a></p>

. . . in chapter005. xhtml. . .

content.opf

xml file

toc.ncx

xml

<navPoint id="navPoint-1" playOrder="1"> <navLabel> <text>Cover</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/cover.xhtml"/> </navPoint> <navPoint id="navPoint-2" playOrder="2"> <navLabel> <text>Title Page</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/title.xhtml"/> </navPoint> <navPoint id="navPoint-3" playOrder="3"> <navLabel> <text>Copyright</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/copy.xhtml"/> </navPoint>

<navPoint id="navPoint-1" playOrder="1"> <navLabel> <text>Cover</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/cover.xhtml"/> </navPoint>

<navPoint id="navPoint-1" playOrder="1"> <navLabel> <text>Cover</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/cover.xhtml"/> </navPoint>

Common Errors

<p><a id="tocaboutbook"/><a href="../Text/aboutbook.xhtml#book">About This Book</a></p>

<h1 id="aboutbook"><a href="../Text/toc.xhtml#tocaboutbook">About This Book</a></h1>

from the html toc

in file aboutbook.xhtml

MetadataFrom the content.opf

<dc:identifier id="BookId" opf:scheme="UUID">urn:uuid:1ad22bea-5f8e-4e3a-af40-08bc80f86c2a</dc:identifier>

From the toc.ncx

<meta content="urn:uuid:1ad22bea-5f8e-4e3a-af40-08bc80f86c2a" name="dtb:uid"/>

More Metadata

Closing

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