Interactive epub example

fxp33 · 01-01-2020, 07:50 PM

Hi to you all,

With the great number of epub viewer available (for PC, android and MacOS) it becomes possible to have nice interactive books... especially for teaching with:

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Here is the first version of my testing epub... if some teachers are interested in testing.

More details and UPDATES on the github page

Regards

fxp33 · 01-02-2020, 08:31 AM

New visuals...

(Calibre viewer doesn't take in charge alerts)

Regards

François

Quoth · 01-02-2020, 09:17 AM

Interactive is best for devices with a browser.
It is a bad match for most ereaders and eink.
Many ereaders have poor support.

If marketed as ebooks or for ereaders this will only annoy users. Also why I disagree with epub3, it's not a valid update to epub2 for ebooks. It's an attempt to do what a web browser does better and most of the spec is thus ill-conceived.

fxp33 · 01-02-2020, 02:25 PM

@FrustratedReader
Indeed, you are absolutely right. It is using the epub standard as "ressource packager" not as a format for "eye reposing" viewers.

In this respect, I find publishing a school manual as epub much more interesting than in pdf of docx... as long as we truly use the power of interactions. Otherwise, I agree with you, if creating a bundle for offline reading is not the problem to overcome, there are many LMS doing the job a lot better in a browser.

(actually, I wish really wish my bilingual books could be read correctly in my Kobo... and translation showed or hidden on the fly when needed, that would really rest my eyes)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Regards
François

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01-02-2020, 08:31 AM	#2
fxp33 Addict Posts: 261 Karma: 110864 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bordeaux, France Device: Kobo Glo, Aura HD, kindle paperwhite	New visuals... (Calibre viewer doesn't take in charge alerts) Regards François

01-02-2020, 09:17 AM	#3
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,158 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Interactive is best for devices with a browser. It is a bad match for most ereaders and eink. Many ereaders have poor support. If marketed as ebooks or for ereaders this will only annoy users. Also why I disagree with epub3, it's not a valid update to epub2 for ebooks. It's an attempt to do what a web browser does better and most of the spec is thus ill-conceived.

01-02-2020, 02:25 PM	#4
fxp33 Addict Posts: 261 Karma: 110864 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bordeaux, France Device: Kobo Glo, Aura HD, kindle paperwhite	@FrustratedReader Indeed, you are absolutely right. It is using the epub standard as "ressource packager" not as a format for "eye reposing" viewers. In this respect, I find publishing a school manual as epub much more interesting than in pdf of docx... as long as we truly use the power of interactions. Otherwise, I agree with you, if creating a bundle for offline reading is not the problem to overcome, there are many LMS doing the job a lot better in a browser. (actually, I wish really wish my bilingual books could be read correctly in my Kobo... and translation showed or hidden on the fly when needed, that would really rest my eyes) Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Regards François

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