Chapter 19. XML-Based E-Books

XML-Based E-Books

Because the Internet is getting more popular every day, more content is available online. Some content is simple HTML, but some is structured to resemble books. The latter includes online manuals, electronic books, and more.

An electronic book, also called an e-book, is not much different from a printed book in that it has a table of contents and a number of chapters. Because an electronic book is online, however, the publisher can take advantage of many features that are not available in printed books. For example, you can make an electronic book easy to navigate by displaying the table of contents all the time. When ...

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