I've recently finished the ebook version of a book I've previously published in PoD format.
I'm rather pleased with the ePub version, and so I attach a sample here for others to examine.
The cover is a PNG image in an SVG wrapper. The title page is a SVG graphic incorprating text and a PNG graphic. There are two embedded fonts, encrypted with the Adobe encryption method. Each chapter starts with a drop-cap graphic that resizes with the text, up to a maximum 60% width.
Unfortunately epubcheck doesn't understand the Adobe encryption, so the ePub fails epubcheck. Before the font encryption is applied (using my script uploaded
here) the epub passes with no errors or warnings.
I'd be interested to get feedback on any of the formatting.
Does anyone else have an ePub they're proud of? If it's in the Mobileread library, just a link to there would be good. I'm only uploading as an attachment because it's a sample, not the full book.
(If you are moved to buy a copy of the full book, it's available at Smashwords in various formats, but none quite so nice as this hand-crafted ePub, which isn't yet on sale anywhere directly. But if you buy at Smashwords, I'll happily email the full version ePub to you.)