Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. Defining a Beginning
  • Defining "eBook"
    • Electronic Book as an "Etext"
    • "eBook" as a Marketing Tool
    • The eBook as Inevitable
  • The Meaning of OEB
  • Using OEB
  • Review
    • Summary
• 2. Understanding an OEB Publication
  • An OEB Document
    • The Need for Markup
    • More Information: Markup Alphabet Soup
    • Using XML
    • Creating an OEB Document
    • Formatting OEB Text
  • An OEB Package
    • The <package> Element
    • The Package Metadata
    • The Package Manifest
    • The Package Spine
  • Using XML to Represent Data
  • Review
    • Summary
    • XML Rules
    • OEB Rules
    • OEB Tags
  • Completed Example OEB Document (karl.html)
  • Completed Example OEB Package (karl.opf)
• 3. Styles and Style Sheets
  • Emphasis Revisited
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
    • More Information: CSS vs. XSL
    • CSS Selectors
  • Linking to Style Sheets
    • Linking Style Sheets with the <link> Element
    • Linking Style Sheets with XML
  • Review
    • Summary
    • CSS Properties
  • Completed Example OEB Document with Styles (karl.html)
  • Completed Example Style Sheet (karl.css)
• 4. Essential OEB Elements
  • Inline Elements
    • More Information: XML Content Models
    • The <em> Element
    • The <strong> Element
    • The <dfn> Element
    • The <code> Element
    • The <cite> Element
    • The <span> Element
    • More Information: Creating Custom Elements
    • The <br> Element
    • The <a> Element
  • Block Elements
    • The <p> Element
    • The <h1>...<h6> Heading Elements
    • Lists, Ordered (<ol>) and Unordered (<ul>)
    • The <div> Element
    • The <center> Element (deprecated)
    • The <blockquote> Element
• 5. Essential OEB Styles
  • Style Units
  • Font Properties
    • The font-family Property
    • The font-size Property
    • The font-style Property
    • The font-weight Property
    • The text-decoration Property
• 6. Real-World OEB: Charter of the United Nations
  • UN Charter Chapter 2: chapter2.html
  • UN Charter Chapter 3: chapter3.html
  • UN Charter Chapter 1: chapter1.html
  • UN Charter Introductory Note: intro.html
  • Table of Contents: toc.html
  • UN Charter Package File: uncharter.opf