Chapter 2: Digital Publishing Formats and Their Capabilities

Like devices, epub­li­ca­tion for­mats are numer­ous and var­ied, with dif­fer­ences, some­times sub­tle, between them, but large diver­gences in pur­pose, capa­bil­ity and device sup­port. Consequently, it’s most log­i­cal and pro­duc­tive to think of epub­li­ca­tions in terms of for­mat classes, with each class offer­ing a par­tic­u­lar com­bi­na­tion of pur­pose, capa­bil­ity, and device support.

In this chap­ter, you will learn about the fol­low­ing formats:

• Reflowable EPUB
• Fixed-Layout
• Kindle Formats
• PDF
• Digital Replica
• Interactive Magazine
• HTML5