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Elsevier Embraces EPUB3 Format, Ensuring More Enriched and Interactive eBook Experience for Readers
AMSTERDAM, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
EPUB3, the most advanced eBook format, will provide readers with a more
immersive, multi-media eBook experience
Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services, will move its new eBooks to EPUB3, becoming
the first major STM publisher to commit to the latest, most advanced eBook format
available.
By moving to EPUB3, Elsevier's eBooks will be able to take advantage of the format's
ability to provide multi-media and interactive experiences within eBooks. Elsevier
currently publishes more than 25,000 eBooks in a variety of formats.
"Elsevier's adoption of EPUB3 is a very important milestone in the advancement of the
next-generation portable document standard based on HTML5 and the Open Web Platform," said
Bill McCoy, Executive Director, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). "The IDPF
looks forward to working with Elsevier and the STM publishing ecosystem to ensure that
EPUB continues to evolve to meet critical needs in communicating scientific and technical
content with accessibility for all, on any device."
Even though the current eBook market faces some challenges to making EPUB3 work,
Elsevier has moved forward with the upgrade from EPUB2 to EPUB3 to ensure that readers
continue to receive the enriched customer experience they require and have come to expect,
particularly as readers upgrade their electronic devices and demand more.
"EPUB3 is a giant leap ahead of EPUB2, the most widely used current format," said
Adriaan Roosen, Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Elsevier. "This move will
ensure that Elsevier eBooks will be prepared to meet reader demands for more interactivity
in the future."
The EPUB3 upgrade will provide:
- Support for audio, video and built-in interactive elements, like quizzes,
self-assessments, etc.
- Improved table of contents: more granular for better navigation, adding lists
and elements (for instance, a list with all tables or graphics in the book)
- Improved viewing of footnotes, citation, and references - click on or hover
over a reference and the reference pops up instead of taking you away from the page to
the location of the reference
- Support for MathML - mathematical formulas are no longer pictures, but are
text
- Improved accessibility features
Elsevier's EPUB3 files render well on EPUB2 devices, which will "see" Elsevier's EPUB3
eBooks as EPUB2 files.
"We're recognizing a clear trend to make content more media-rich as well as
accessible," Roosen said. "As sales of tablets exceed those of PCs, we see the market for
enhanced eBooks growing, so there clearly is an opportunity for Elsevier in this area."
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About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the
performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make
better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that
advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides web-based,
digital solutions - among them ScienceDirect [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], Scopus
[http://www.scopus.com ], Elsevier Research Intelligence
[http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/research-intelligence ] and ClinicalKey
[https://www.clinicalkey.com ] - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including The Lancet
[http://www.thelancet.com ] and Cell [http://www.cell.com ], and over 25,000 book titles,
including a number of iconic reference works.
The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC [http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a
world-leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical,
Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange),
RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media contact
Christopher Capot
Director, Corporate Relations
Elsevier
+1-212-633-3164
c.capot@elsevier.com
Elsevier
Elsevier Embraces EPUB3 Format, Ensuring More Enriched and Interactive eBook Experience for Readers
AMSTERDAM, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
EPUB3, the most advanced eBook format, will provide readers with a more
immersive, multi-media eBook experience
Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services, will move its new eBooks to EPUB3, becoming
the first major STM publisher to commit to the latest, most advanced eBook format
available.
By moving to EPUB3, Elsevier's eBooks will be able to take advantage of the format's
ability to provide multi-media and interactive experiences within eBooks. Elsevier
currently publishes more than 25,000 eBooks in a variety of formats.
"Elsevier's adoption of EPUB3 is a very important milestone in the advancement of the
next-generation portable document standard based on HTML5 and the Open Web Platform," said
Bill McCoy, Executive Director, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). "The IDPF
looks forward to working with Elsevier and the STM publishing ecosystem to ensure that
EPUB continues to evolve to meet critical needs in communicating scientific and technical
content with accessibility for all, on any device."
Even though the current eBook market faces some challenges to making EPUB3 work,
Elsevier has moved forward with the upgrade from EPUB2 to EPUB3 to ensure that readers
continue to receive the enriched customer experience they require and have come to expect,
particularly as readers upgrade their electronic devices and demand more.
"EPUB3 is a giant leap ahead of EPUB2, the most widely used current format," said
Adriaan Roosen, Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Elsevier. "This move will
ensure that Elsevier eBooks will be prepared to meet reader demands for more interactivity
in the future."
The EPUB3 upgrade will provide:
- Support for audio, video and built-in interactive elements, like quizzes,
self-assessments, etc.
- Improved table of contents: more granular for better navigation, adding lists
and elements (for instance, a list with all tables or graphics in the book)
- Improved viewing of footnotes, citation, and references - click on or hover
over a reference and the reference pops up instead of taking you away from the page to
the location of the reference
- Support for MathML - mathematical formulas are no longer pictures, but are
text
- Improved accessibility features
Elsevier's EPUB3 files render well on EPUB2 devices, which will "see" Elsevier's EPUB3
eBooks as EPUB2 files.
"We're recognizing a clear trend to make content more media-rich as well as
accessible," Roosen said. "As sales of tablets exceed those of PCs, we see the market for
enhanced eBooks growing, so there clearly is an opportunity for Elsevier in this area."
---
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the
performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make
better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that
advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides web-based,
digital solutions - among them ScienceDirect [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], Scopus
[http://www.scopus.com ], Elsevier Research Intelligence
[http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/research-intelligence ] and ClinicalKey
[https://www.clinicalkey.com ] - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including The Lancet
[http://www.thelancet.com ] and Cell [http://www.cell.com ], and over 25,000 book titles,
including a number of iconic reference works.
The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC [http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a
world-leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical,
Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange),
RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media contact
Christopher Capot
Director, Corporate Relations
Elsevier
+1-212-633-3164
c.capot@elsevier.com
Elsevier