ATB Servers – A Learning Session

Last Wednesday, our team gathered up to hold one of our weekly learning sessions. During these sessions, we discuss components that make Active Textbook and answer the questions developers and designers might have about the product development. This week, we talked about Active Textbook servers and how they all come together, including a detailed talk…

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Problems with iOS13 (part 1)

Apple’s rollout of iOS13 came with many problems for existing applications that are not ready for the changes. Some developers have slammed the “anticompetitive” privacy changes, some have complained about the countless bugs. In this short article, we would like to share the problems we have encountered so far, as well as how those have…

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The Academic eBook Experience

The academic world is facing a problem but not everyone acknowledges that, including ourselves. Not until we were invited to participate in a workshop for university institutions (Columbia, NYU, MIT, University of Michigan) with press and library representatives attending as well. Representatives from NYPL, DPLA, JSTOR, Amigos Library Services, and Hathi Trust were also invited…

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Congratulations, Delivros!

We would like to congratulate our business partners Delivros on their merger with Orell Füssli Thalia AG! The new exciting venture, Delivros Orell Füssli AG, is promised to create a leading provider of Switzerland’s printed and electronic content for schools, companies and libraries, which will benefit from the combined expertise in retail and delivery of digital…

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TPAC 2018: Everything You Need To Know

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October was a great traveling month for the EP team. One of the most memorable trips that took place was Juan Corona’s trip to Lyon, France, where he attended the W3C TPAC Conference. Juan got to participate in the Publishing Working Group, contributing his thoughts and providing feedback on the Web Publication Specifications and EPUB…

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Readium 0.31 was released.

We are excited to announce the release of Readium 0.31. Important to mention that while the work on “Readium 2” and Readium Web is continuing, “Readium 1” is now viewed to be in “maintenance mode”. This means fixing high priority bugs such as crash, data loss, etc., with no new features being developed or planned.…

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We are cooking something up for you!

Last week, we had the pleasure of meeting up with two lovely ladies: Lenny Yun, a Langley School District Liaison and district teacher, and Susan Cairns, the executive director of the Langley School District Foundation. The reason for the interview was simple – we wanted to find ways of making the life of students better.

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Stay informed: What Is Copyright & How to Protect Your Work?

In the age of digital literacy, more and more authors choose several formats to publish their work in: printed and digital. If much of the copyright process is clear with printed media, it is not straightforward at all when it comes to the digital copyright laws. That’s why it is important for modern authors to…

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