EPUB & Digital Formats

BISG develops industry-wide best practices that support the production, distribution, marketing, sale, discovery, and use of content in digital form. BISG officially endorses EPUB 3 as the format of choice when representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content.

Best Practices for Identifying Digital Content

Published in December 2011, this Policy Statement outlines BISG's official position on best practices for identifying digital products.

Endorsement of EPUB 3

Published in August 2012, this official Policy Statement addresses the critical need for the global book publishing industry to rally around EPUB 3 as the singluar standard for the creation of digital content.

EPUB 3 Support Grid

Recently updated! BISG EPUB 3 Grid, located at EPUBTest.org, now support evaluations for reading system accessibility support. 

Field Guide to Fixed Layout

To help address some of the challenges facing digital content creators, BISG, through its Content Structure Committee's Fixed Layout for E-Books Working Group, has created a Field Guide to Fixed Layout for E-Books.

Field Guide to Fonts for E-books

The use of custom fonts in digital books has begun to show promise, but as this guide explains, ensuring your custom fonts will display correctly on the myriad of devices and reading systems available to consumers takes thought and careful planning. BISG's Content Structure Committee created the Field Guide to Fonts for E-books to help designers make the best choices when selecting and styling type for digital publications.