Vibe Bookstore/ Vibe Reader FAQs
ePUB is an open standard and format for creating and selling electronic versions of books and has quickly become the de facto standard of the international publishing industry. The world’s largest e-book stores, including iBooks (over 60,000 titles) and Amazon Kindle store (over 450,000 titles) support this format. ePUB is a standard maintained by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). ePUB version 3 guidelines, incorporating the use of HTML5 and Math Markup Language (Math ML) were published on 15 February 2011. These developments build on ePUB’s eminent suitability for math textbooks and interactive activities.
What are the technical details that I have to know about ePUB?
ePUB stands for “electronic publication.” All ePUB files are suffixed “.epub.”
Its format is a combination of three different open text/document formatting standards. It is supported by a wide variety of e-book readers, including Apple’s iPhone/iPad and Amazon’s Kindle. It was developed to be an industry-wide standard for e-books, with the potential to surpass other formats.I don’t have any in-house facility to convert my PDF files to ePubs.
How do I go about converting my books?
As part of its digital literacy program, Vibal Foundation has already digitized over 1,000 public domain titles. In addition the Foundation is currently helping dozens of Philippine publishers in mass digitization efforts. It also has over 5 years experience assisting national and local government offices on their electronic publication projects. The Foundation can help convert your print titles into ePUB e-books. You also have the option of converting your own e-books and uploading them directly to the store. For example Calibre is a widely available free and open software for converting your books to ePUB files. All preliminary ePUB files, whether supplied by you or the Foundation, undergo a validation process to ensure correct formatting and syntax.
What is the difference between ePUB and PDF?
Portable document format or PDF files are designed to look the same as the printed page no matter what device you view it on. In ePUB format, the text is reflowable, which means that the layout of the text automatically adapts to the size and orientation of the window or screen. This makes it much easier to read on various devices. You can make the font size bigger without having to scroll sideways to read the rest of the page. PDFs are the default standard for presenting electronic versions of magazines and newspapers. Vibe also offers support for PDF files.
When you convert a print book or PDF to ePUB format, will it look exactly the same?
No. The reflowable text of the ePUB format means that the text layout can change depending on the size or orientation of the screen you view it on. Multiple text columns are also supported. Tables will be converted into graphics in order to display properly.
What kind of interactive functionalities are supported by Vibe?
Vibe is a multi-platform and universal reading application. It can read flat, enhanced and interactive books and magazines. Vibe supports both ePUB and its proprietary VIBE format, which supports a fleet of interactive functionalities. ePUB version 3.1 supports embedded hyperlinks, whether internal or external, embedded audio-video, HTML5 and Math Markup Language. With the VIBE software development kit, publishers can easily build interactive features into their reading products, such as the ability to self-score tests and quizzes, answer survey questions, return results to a master tablet, decode QR codes, or embed database functionalities into a book.
How secure are my files when I send them in for conversion?
After you check in your files, they are automatically encrypted and stored on a central file server that acts as a vault. This vault is not physically located in the Vibal Foundation premises. The Vibe server is deployed into the cloud using Amazon Web Services. AWS provides world-class storage, security and availability. Currently two of flagship websites of Vibal Foundation have already been deployed into the Amazon cloud, namely, Filipiniana.net and Wikipilipinas.org, the latter already reaching 800,000 monthly visits.
How do you prevent e-books from being stolen or pirated?
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