HTML5 for Publishers [Kindle Edition]

Sanders Kleinfeld (Author)

Book Description

HTML5 is revolutionizing the Web, and now it's coming to your ebook reader! With the release of the EPUB 3 specification, HTML5 support is officially a part of the EPUB standard, and publishers are able to take full advantage of HTML5's rich feature set to add rich media and interactivity to their ebook content.

HTML5 for Publishers gives an overview of some of the most exciting features HTML5 provides to ebook content creators--audio/video, geolocation, and the Canvas--and shows how to put them in action. Learn how to:

• Intersperse audio/video with textual content


• Create a graphing calculator to display algebraic equations on the Canvas


• Use geolocation to customize a work of fiction with details from the reader's locale


• Employ MathML to create an interactive equation solver


• Make a coloring book using SVG and JavaScript

Product Details

• File Size: 496 KB
• Print Length: 133 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (October 6, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005XE2CAO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,463 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
  • #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Computers & Technology > Programming

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good intro: Good examples, clear explanation December 15, 2011

By Ali Julia #1 REVIEWER#1 HALL OF FAME

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

HTML5 for Publishers is a tutorial aimed at publishers who want to expand their ebooks beyond traditional text-and-graphics. This ebook addresses how to add Canvas, Geolocation, and Audio/Video.

It starts with a brief tutorial on HTML and JavaScript and then move to specific examples that put HTML5 in action.

(1) The specific demos include a graphic calculator that uses Canvas.
(2) Finger painting application for drawing pictures on a page
(3) Demp of how an ebook can be customized with the reader's current location
(4) An audio-enabled glossary that lets you hear each term
(5) Embedded video along with instructional text to supplement the video

You get the actual code for the example from a web download specified in the book along with the explanations. The explanations are clear, the examples are complete, the author allows portions of the code to be re-used without asking for permission.

I liked the author also states the compatibility with major EPUB reader platforms for each feature.

This is an excellent tutorial, it exceed my expectations in both clarity and completeness.

Ali Julia review

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good start but not for serious coders December 26, 2011

By Ali Muzaffar

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

The book provides enough information for smart people to get up and running. However it was extremely simple and doesn't even scratch the surface of publishing with html5. The information is not enough to do any serious production ready work. The learning curve that you will have trying to look up resources online will not be any flatter because of this book.

There are good code examples however these are extremely basic and all the resources point to other content that will presumably teach you for real (for a price). Presumably this book is free simply to point you towards paid resources by the same publisher.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Liked it a lot! October 27, 2012

By EBN

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Excellent, as are all the O'Reilly books I've come across. I have been after an HTML5 book that specifically addresses publishing, so I am delighted to have found this one.