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The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats. E-book software can be used to convert e-books from one format to another, as well as to create, edit and publish e-books.
EPUB is a popular format for electronic data interchange because it can be an open format and is based on HTML, as opposed to Amazon's proprietary format for Kindle readers. Popular EPUB producers of public domain and open licensed content include Project Gutenberg , Standard Ebooks , PubMed Central , SciELO and others.
These files are zip archives disguised as Mac bundles, and store their data in an XML file. [50].ibooks is the format for exported iBooks Author documents, which can be opened by the iBooks app on iPhone, iPad and Mac. This format is a proprietary extension of EPUB3, and can only be read with the iBooks app on Apple devices. [50]
In-app Epub import Import via in-app Browser OPDS catalog Other import via Tag books Sort books Blio: No No Yes No No eMail (MIME type) No No Bluefire Reader: Free ebook libraries only Yes No No No eMail (MIME type) iTunes File Sharing Built-in Web Server No Yes Apple Books: Apple Books Store: Yes No No No eMail (MIME type) No Yes Kindle: No No ...
The NIST releases the Open eBook format based on XML to the public domain; most future e-book formats derive from Open eBook. [82] Publisher Simon & Schuster creates a new imprint called iBooks and becomes the first trade publisher to simultaneously publish some of its titles in e-book and print format.
The most common file format is .epub, used in many e-book formats. .epub is a free and open standard available in many publishing programs. Another common format is .folio, which is used by the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create content for Apple's iPad tablets and apps.
Aldiko is an e-book reader application for the Android and iOS operating systems. It supports the EPUB format for digital publications and incorporates facilities for browsing online catalogs on thousands of books (including thousands of free public domain work) and downloading them directly into the user's personal library.
The iPad Mini 2 (formerly marketed as the iPad mini with Retina display, [2] officially iPad mini 2 with Retina display [3]) is a tablet computer designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It has a nearly identical design to its predecessor, the first-generation iPad Mini , but features internal revisions such as the use of an A7 system-on-a-chip and ...