I-Pros and Cons for E-Publishing: EPUB vs PDF

Ukubuka Amafomu Ayinhloko EBooks

Ezweni lamanje lokushicilela e-e-mail, amafomethi amabili e-ebook ajwayelekile kakhulu yi- EPUB ne- PDF . Ukukhetha ifomethi oyisebenzisayo kungaba yinto ekhohlisayo, ucabange ukuthi kokubili kunezinzuzo nezinkinga.

I-Ebooks ifake ukushicilelwa kwedijithali kusengaphambili kwezobuchwepheshe banamuhla. I-Amazon's Kindle, i-Barnes ne-Noble Nook, ne-Sony Reader yilabhulali yemitapo yolwazi ehambisana nephaketheni lakho. Njengoba ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe, abashicileli bafuna amafayela amaningi okuthuthukiswa kwamakhasimende e-ebook.

Ake sibuke ezinye izinzuzo nezinkinga zombili amafomu e-EPUB nakuma-PDF okwakhiwa kwe-e-publishing.

I-Portable Document Format (PDF)

I-Portable Document Format (PDF) iyinhlangano yokushintshaniswa kwedokhumenti eyenziwe yi-Adobe Systems ngo-1993. I-PDF inikeza amafayela kwisakhiwo ezimbili-ntathu esisebenza ngokuzimela kwezinhlelo eziningi zesofthiwe nokusebenza . Ukuze ubuke ifayela le-PDF kwikhompyutha yakho, kufanele ube ne-PDF umfundi njengo-Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Izinzuzo

I-PDF yiyona ndlela yokusetshenziswa kwedokhumenti ye-elektroniki kakhulu emhlabeni wonke. Kuzimele ngokuphelele ohlelweni lokusebenza ne- hardware yedivaysi ekubukeni, okusho ukuthi ama-PDF abukeka okufanayo kuwo wonke amadivaysi.

I-PDF nayo inhle ngokwezifiso kusukela ulawula ngokugcwele phezu kwesakhiwo namafonti. Ungenza idokhumenti ibheke noma ngabe ubona kufanelekile.

Zingahle zenziwe kalula kalula ngaphandle komsebenzi omkhulu, ngokuvamile ngezixhobo ezisuselwe ku-GUI ezivela ezinkampanini eziningana ngaphesheya kwe-Adobe. Bheka ukuthi Ungaphrinta kanjani ku-PDF ukuze ufunde ukuthi ungenza kanjani ama-PDF ngokuyisisekelo noma yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza.

I-Cons

Ikhodi edingekayo yokwenza amafayela e-PDF ayinkimbinkimbi futhi, kusukela ekubukeni kwe-software yonjiniyela, kunzima ukuqonda. Ukuguqulwa kwamafayela e-PDF kufomethi ye-web-friendly kunzima futhi.

Amafayela e-PDF awavunyelwa kalula. Ngamanye amazwi, azivumelanisi kahle nokubukwa okuhlukahlukene namadivayisi. Ngenxa yalokho, kunzima ukubuka amanye amafayela e-PDF kumaskrini amancane afika nabanye abafundi kanye nama-smartphone.

Ukushicilelwa kwe-elekthronikhi (EPUB)

I-EPUB ifomethi ye-XML yezincwadi ezivumelekile ezenzelwe ukushicilelwa kwedijithali. I-EPUB yayimiswe yi-International Digital Publishing Forum futhi ithandwa ngabantu abamemezeli abakhulu. Nakuba i-EPUB i-ebooks nge-design, ingasetshenziselwa ezinye izinhlobo zamadokhumenti kanye, njengezincwadi zomsebenzisi.

Izinzuzo

Lapho i-PDF ihluleka abakhiqizi be-software, i-EPUB iphakamisa ukusila. EPUB ibhalwe ngokuyinhloko ngezilimi ezimbili: i-XML ne-XHTML. Lokhu kusho ukuthi isebenza kahle ngezinhlobo eziningi zesofthiwe.

I-EPUB inikelwa njengefayela elilodwa le- ZIP eligcinwe kungobo yomlando wefayela nezinhlangano zokuqukethwe zencwadi. Amapulatifomu asevele asebenzisa amafomethi we-XML angadluliselwa kalula ku-EPUB.

Amafayela we-ebook eyenziwe kwifomethi ye-EPUB ayifaneleki futhi kulula ukufunda kumadivayisi amancane.

I-Cons

Kunezidingo ezithile eziqinile zokudala ingobo yomlando ye-EPUB, futhi ukudala amadokhumenti kuthatha ulwazi oluthile ngaphambili. Kumele uqonde i- syntax ye-XML ne-XHTML 1.1, kanye nendlela yokwakha ishidi lesitayela.

Uma kuziwa ku-PDF, umsebenzisi onesofthiwe efanele angadala idokhumenti ngaphandle kolwazi lokuhlela nhlobo. Kodwa-ke, nge-EPUB, kuzodingeka wazi izizinda zezilimi ezihambisanayo ukuze wakhe amafayela avumelekile.