Re: EPUB usage

It's disheartening for a few reasons. The EPUB 3 spec is now 7 years old (I think). Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and swallow the one time cost of revamping the workflow for the good of the world.  When I did it for Wiley, it cost my time plus a few thousand dollars. It is not that expensive, especially if content is simple. (I am once again realizing that I could go into consulting and make a lot of money).


It matters because those of us who have switched to EPUB 3 are still required to hang on to remnants of EPUB 2, like the ncx file. When I have to troubleshoot, I have to figure out if the retailer is using the nav or still hanging on to the ncx for old time's sake. It also means that the one retailer that isn't EPUB can happily assume that EPUB 2 is forever.

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From: Johnson, Rick <Rick.Johnson@ingramcontent.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 9:17:30 AM
To: Siegman, Tzviya - Hoboken; Cristina Mussinelli; public-publishing-sc@w3.org
Subject: Re: EPUB usage

Yeah, we are mostly EPUB 3, with the exception of trade titles used in things like Literature classes.


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VitalSource Technologies
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Date: Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 8:57 AM
To: Cristina Mussinelli <cristina.mussinelli@aie.it>, "Johnson, Rick" <Rick.Johnson@ingramcontent.com>, "public-publishing-sc@w3.org" <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
Subject: RE: EPUB usage

Thanks, Rick. That is really interesting. Do you happen to have info on EPUB 2 vs 3? I seem to recall that VitalSource entered the game after EPUB 3, so I suspect you skew heavily toward EPUB 3.

This article [1] by Ben Dugas of Kobo is related and a little disheartening. (If any of you want to write for EPUBSecrets, contact Laura Brady.)

[1] http://epubsecrets.com/from-inside-the-epub-ingestion-factory.php

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Wiley
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Subject: Re: EPUB usage

Thank you very interesting!
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I’ve shared these numbers with you before (for 2016), but I just ran the 2017 ones, and I thought you would all appreciate them.

-Rick

EPUB vs. PDF usage on the VitalSource platform

In 2016
Top 25 titles: 24 EPUB, 1 PDF
Top 50 titles: 46 EPUB, 4 PDF
Top 100 titles: 77 EPUB, 23 PDF
Top 250 titles: 141 EPUB, 109 PDF
Top 500 titles: 233 EPUB, 267 PDF


In 2017 (to date)
Top 25 titles: 25 EPUB, zero PDF
Top 50 titles: 48 EPUB, 2 PDF
Top 100 titles: 81 EPUB, 19 PDF
Top 250 titles: 159 EPUB, 91 PDF
Top 500 titles: 239 EPUB, 261 PDF