STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, will move its new eBooks to EPUB3, becoming the first major STM publisher to commit to the latest, most advanced eBook format available.
By moving to EPUB3, Elsevier's eBooks will be able to take advantage of the format's ability to provide multi-media and interactive experiences within eBooks. Elsevier currently publishes more than 25,000 eBooks in a variety of formats.
Even though the current eBook market faces some challenges to making EPUB3 work, Elsevier has moved forward with the upgrade from EPUB2 to EPUB3 to ensure that readers continue to receive the enriched customer experience they require and have come to expect, particularly as readers upgrade their electronic devices and demand more.
The EPUB3 upgrade will provide support for audio, video and built-in interactive elements, like quizzes, self-assessments, etc.; improved table of contents: more granular for better navigation, adding lists and elements (for instance, a list with all tables or graphics in the book); improved viewing of footnotes, citation, and references – click on or hover over a reference and the reference pops up instead of taking you away from the page to the location of the reference; support for MathML – mathematical formulas are no longer pictures, but are text; and improved accessibility features.
Elsevier's EPUB3 files render well on EPUB2 devices, which will see Elsevier's EPUB3 eBooks as EPUB2 files.
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