Guide du BISG sur les ebooks fixed layout

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Field Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Books Compiled by the Content Structure Committee of the Book Industry Study Group Updated Version 1.1 Published September 2013 FEATURING How to make fixed layout… Accessibility issues… Synching text & audio… Retailer Standards… Common problems… And more… Endorsed by Book Industry Communication and The French Publishers Association Field Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Books was prepared for the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) by members of its Content Structure Committee. Revision History February 5, 2013: Initial Publication June 28, 2013: Information added about Google Play Books September 9, 2013: Added chapter on ”EPUB Fixed Layout Lessons” ISBN 978-1-936757-18-3 Copyright © 2013, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. All rights reserved. The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (“BISG”) owns all rights in the PDF of Field Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Books and the copyrights therein. This PDF is made available free-of-charge. Anyone who downloads it may post a copy on his or her company’s secured intranet server or unsecured website or distribute it in physical or digital form to others. Anyone wishing to use parts of this PDF in presentations, blog posts, speeches, etc. should first request permission of the Book Industry Study Group by emailing [e-mail]. Book Industry Study Group 145 West 45th Street, Suite 601 New York, NY 10036 646-336-7141 www.bisg.

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• Publié le: 23 octobre 2013
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• Langue: English
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Endorsed by
Book Industry Communication and
The French Publishers Association

Field Guide
to Fixed
Layout
for E-Books

Compiled by the Content Structure Committee
of the Book Industry Study Group

FEATURING
How to make fixed layout…
Accessibility issues…
Synching text & audio…
Retailer Standards…
Common problems…
And more…

Updated Version 1.1
Published September 2013



Field Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Bookswas prepared for the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) by members of its Content Structure
Committee.

Revision History

February 5, 2013: Initial Publication
June 28, 2013: Information added about Google Play Books
September 9, 2013: Added chapter on EPUB Fixed Layout Lessons

ISBN 978-1-936757-18-3

Copyright © 2013, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) owns all rights in the PDF ofField Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Booksand the copyrights therein.
This PDF is made available free-of-charge. Anyone who downloads it may post a copy on his or her company s secured intranet server or
unsecured website or distribute it in physical or digital form to others.

Anyone wishing to use parts of this PDF in presentations, blog posts, speeches, etc. should first request permission of the Book Industry Study
Group by emailing [e-mail].

Book Industry Study Group
145 West 45th Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10036
646-336-7141
www.bisg.org

Edited by Dave Cramer, Hachette Book Group
Copyedited by Patricia Fogarty

Contributors:

Garth Conboy, Google
Dave Cramer, Hachette Book Group
John Costa, S4Carlisle
Markus Gylling, IDPF
Jean Kaplansky, Aptara
Bill Kasdorf, Apex CoVantage
Liz Kessler, Hachette Book Group
Liisa McCloy-Kelley, Penguin Random House
Jonathan Thurston, John Wiley & Sons

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Introduction..................................................................................................5................................................

IntendedAudience...................................................................................................................................5

Overview: Digital Formats for Fixed Layout..................................................................6.........................

PDF..........................................................................................................................................................6

Image/DigitalReplica..............................................................................................................................6

EPUB.......................................................................................................................................................6

When to Use Fixed Layout.........................................................................................8................................

WhenIsFixedLayoutMostAppropriate?..............................................................................................8

WhenIsFixedLayoutNotAsAppropriate?...........................................................................................8

ANoteAboutFixedLayoutandDistribution.........................................................................................9

Creating a Fixed-Layout E-Book....................................................................................................10........

ApproachestoFixedLayout.................................................................................................................10

TechnicalFundamentals:TheStructureofFixed-LayoutContent.......................................................10

BookContent..................................................................................................................................10

HTML.............................................................................................................................................11

Image..............................................................................................................................................11

CSS.................................................................................................................................................11

FixedLayoutinEPUB3.......................................................................................................................12

FXLPackageMetadata...................................................................................................................13

FXLContentMetadata...................................................................................................................15

Non-standardMetadata...................................................................................................................16

Accessibility.................................17..............................................................................................................

Who,What,When?...............................................................................................................................17

RiskFactorsinFXL..............................................................................................................................17

Fixed-layout content cannot adapt to devices, users, and contexts ................................................18

Some fixed-layout content cannot be accessed by assistive technologies......................................18

Some fixed-layout content loses the logical reading order.............................................................18

UpcomingSolutions..............................................................................................................................18

RecommendedAuthoringApproach.....................................................................................................19

Synching Text and Audio with Media Overlays.................................................................................02....

3

TheSMILFile.......................................................................................................................................20

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TheContentFile....................................................................................................................................21

The Package File: Media Overlay Metadata .........................................................................................22

HighlightingText:MediaOverlaysandCSS........................................................................................22

Interactivity and JavaScript..........................................................................................32..........................

Retailer Standards................42....................................................................................................................

AmazonKindleFormat8(KF8)...........................................................................................................24

Apple.....................................................................................................................................................25

BasicContent..................................................................................................................................25

Images.............................................................................................................................................25

Metadata..........................................................................................................................................25

AppleDisplayOptions....................................................................................................................26

GooglePlayBooks................................................................................................................................27

BasicContent..................................................................................................................................27

AudioSync.....................................................................................................................................27

Restrictions.....................................................................................................................................27

Barnes&Noble.....................................................................................................................................28

Kobo......................................................................................................................................................28

EPUB Fixed Layout Lessons....................29................................................................................................

Platform-specificFontAssumptions.....................................................................................................29

IncludeAllGlyphs................................................................................................................................29

BeWaryofTextJustification...................................