VitalSource Technologies Inc. is committed to ensuring a rich reading experience for everyone through their multi-platform Bookshelf® reading system.
Bookshelf provides readers access to their content where and when they want – offline on Windows or Mac machines; online using standard browsers; and on mobile devices for iOS and Android.
A rich reading experience requires more than a device with the right version of Bookshelf.
We know that production of the highest quality content relies on consistent production standards and technology. That’s why VitalSource adheres to the EPUB 3 specifications defined by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Conforming to the IDPF EPUB 3 Specifications ensures that consistency across operating platforms while enabling support of interactive elements and other features.
Bookshelf Requirement
Content documents must be provided as XHTML5
All characters must be encoded as Unicode, and Unicode-based fonts (which must be OpenType or WOFF) must be provided for all characters used in a book
Follow HTML5 semantics as much as possible
The EPUB 3 spec does not mandate a specific way to organize content documents
Bookshelf will render each content document as a single, scrollable page as if viewed in a web browser
Make XHTML content documents correspond to the published tables of contents in the print edition, if one exists
...and more...
Input files you can send us and deliverables from our side
Input
Output
.indd .pdf
.epub
Presence of images, tables and other complications
