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Sign in to saveEPUB is an e-book file format that uses the ".epub" file extension. The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes stylized as ePUB. EPUB is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers. EPUB is a technical standard published by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). It became an official standard of the IDPF in September 2007, superseding the older Open eBook (OEB) standard.
Key facts
- File format.name
- Electronic Publication (EPUB)
- File format.screenshot
- 200px
- File format.extension
- .epub
- File format.mime
- application/epub+zip
- File format.magic
- PK\x03\x04 (Zip)
- File format.standard
- ISO/IEC TS 30135
- File format.open
- Yes
- File format.owner
- International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
- File format.latest release version
- 3.3
- File format.genre
- e-book file format
- File format.contained by
- OEBPS Container Format (OCF; Zip)
- File format.extended from
- Open eBook, XHTML, CSS, DTBook
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Version 2.0.1
- Open Publication Structure 2.0.1
- Open Packaging Format 2.0.1
- .opf file
- .ncx file
- Open Container Format 2.0.1
- Version 3.0.1
- Version 3.2
- Version 3.3
- Features
- Digital rights management
- Adoption
- Security and privacy concerns
- Implementation
- Container
- Publication
- Contents
- Media overlays
- Software
- Reading software
- Creation software
- Notes
- References
- External links
EPUB is an e-book file format that uses the ".epub" file extension. The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes stylized as ePUB. EPUB is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers. EPUB is a technical standard published by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). It became an official standard of the IDPF in September 2007, superseding the older Open eBook (OEB) standard.
The Book Industry Study Group endorses EPUB 3 as the format of choice for packaging content and has stated that the global book publishing industry should rally around a single standard. Technically, a file in the EPUB format is a ZIP archive file consisting of XHTML files carrying the content, along with images and other supporting files. EPUB is the most widely supported vendor-independent XML-based e-book format; it is supported by almost all hardware readers and many software readers and mobile apps.