Although EPUB 3.0 has been a standard since October 2011, the adoption of the EPUB 3 standard by the major e-book retailers has been very slow, if non-existant. Currently, iBooks and Vitalsource are the only two e-book platforms that are officially supporting EPUB 3 that I am aware of. Getting a complex book to work across iPads, Amazon, Kobo and Nook devices is undeniably a challenge.

The BISG (with the help of key partners, including YUDU) has put together a useful grid for publishers and their suppliers to help them navigate through the myriad of devices. The aim is to keep updating it monthly, providing a constant update on how EPUB 3.0 is supported across different apps, devices and reading systems.

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