The present conditions and International Standardization of Generic Format for E-Book

Abstract

The people call this year "the e-book first year". Therefore the production of e-book contents and the construction of the distribution system are hurried. The realization of the next point is demanded from this purpose. Improve by the productivity of electronic book contents. That various e-book devices can use various e-book contents. Make the environment that offers various e-book contents to the various e-book devices. On this account the standardization of the generic file format is demanded. I report it about the present conditions and the standardization of the generic format.