Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the availability of authoring tools that support vertical flow function based upon empirical experiments. There were five EPUB authoring tools selected for this study. Four major editing procedures were designed for the project. The first was the support of Chinese character input. The second was vertical form editing. The third was ruby position editing, and finally, testing whether the editing software was capable of outputting a document as an e-Book in EPUB 3.0 format. Five programs were tested, and only one of the five was able to fulfill the aforementioned requirements. The usability of each program is positively verified through this study.
Highlights
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices [1,2]
The third was ruby position editing, and testing whether the editing software was capable of outputting a document as an e-Book in EPUB 3.0 format
Known as the Open e-Book Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new standard allows for packaging of a digital file into a single format so that consumers with different e-Book readers will be able to share material
Summary
An electronic book (variously, e-Book, eBook, digital book) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices [1,2]. EPUB allows publishers to produce and send a single digital publication file through distribution and offers consumers interoperability between software and hardware for unencrypted reflowable digital books and other publications [3]. Known as the Open e-Book Publication Structure Container Format (OCF), the new standard allows for packaging of a digital file into a single format so that consumers with different e-Book readers will be able to share material. This will expand the availability of titles and lower the costs for publishers entering the e-Book market. Lower costs will allow more schools to acquire e-books and other digital material [4]
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