- From: Rachel Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:27:32 -0400
- To: James Bryant <jim@openbookdata.com.cn>
- Cc: Julie Blair <Julie.Blair@sagepub.com>, AUDRAIN LUC <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr>, MURATA Makoto <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp>, "public-publishingbg@w3.org" <public-publishingbg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAESEvMxAgKfzEmRztiDcwFMjoBETN_hOCA=dN-GiJW7uXjmMtw@mail.gmail.com>
Thank you Jim! This is very helpful. Can I assume that anything on here that says EPUB without a version number is accepted EPUB 2 and 3? Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility | T 212.576.9433 *Macmillan Learning* On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 3:54 AM, James Bryant <jim@openbookdata.com.cn> wrote: > Rachel, > > Here is our list of the 200+ global ebook platforms that we are working > with and the formats they accept. We are happy to assist in communicating > with the channels in China, Korea and SE Asia as well as any other channels > that you need assistance in reaching. > > > Best, > > Jim Bryant > CEO > Trajectory > > > > > > > On Aug 12, 2018, at 9:55 PM, Rachel Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan. > com> wrote: > > Thanks Julie! Do you know which distributors/reading systems you work with > that do not yet accept EPUB3? It would be interesting in helping us develop > a secondary target audience for this document. > > R > > Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility > | T 212.576.9433 > > *Macmillan Learning* > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Julie Blair <Julie.Blair@sagepub.com> > wrote: > >> We do just this at SAGE Publishing. We create an EPUB3 then run a second >> transformation to down-convert that package to EPUB2 for those >> channels/vendors that won’t accept EPUB3 files. >> >> >> >> -Julie Blair >> >> >> >> *From:* AUDRAIN LUC <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 10, 2018 8:06 AM >> *To:* MURATA Makoto <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp> >> *Cc:* W3C Publishing Business Group <public-publishingbg@w3.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [EPUB Roadmap] EPUB3 Justification call >> >> >> >> I think it is a good idea but it has a cost. >> >> >> >> Although difficult to know exactly, I do think almost all old EPUB2-only >> devices support EPUB3 files, I mean those described in the document "EPUB2 >> Sunset". >> >> At least, the tests we did in 2015 at Hachette Livre France, helped us >> decide to switch the entire EPUB2 production to EPUB3. With no regrets… >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Luc >> >> >> >> >> >> *De : *MURATA Makoto <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp> >> *Date : *vendredi 10 août 2018 à 11:53 >> *À : *AUDRAIN LUC AUDRAIN LUC <laudrain@hachette-livre.fr> >> *Cc : *W3C Publishing Business Group <public-publishingbg@w3.org> >> *Objet : *Re: [EPUB Roadmap] EPUB3 Justification call >> >> >> >> Takami-san suggested downward translation from EPUB 3 to EPUB 2. >> >> It allows publishers to adopt EPUB 3 while continuing to support >> >> EPUB2-only devices. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Makoto >> >> >> >> 2018年8月10日(金) 16:42 AUDRAIN LUC <LAUDRAIN@hachette-livre.fr>: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> BISG has released a tweet today on the white paper we have been working >> on in the EPUB Roadmap TF. >> >> >> >> I wanted to present it in a future PBG call but as it is now public, here >> it is: >> >> Here is the link : https://github.com/readium/r >> eadium.github.io/wiki/EPUB-2-sunset >> >> >> >> Any comments are welcome of course. >> >> >> >> And I think we should publish it in a W3C blog. Ivan, is it possible? >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Luc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Praying for the victims of the Japan Tohoku earthquake >> >> Makoto >> > > > >
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