Awesome Readium

A list of lists of awesome Readium resources.

Readium is an open-source foundation dedicated to the development of software, standards and best practices for digital publications.

Disclaimer: This list is created for informational purposes only and any links do not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Readium Foundation.

Contents

• Standards
• Documentation
• Publication Servers
• Publication Viewers
• Mobile Apps
• Examples
• Experiments

Standards

The Readium community has developed several standards for publications:

• Web Publication Manifest - specifies a JSON manifest format for distributing publications on the Web
• Licensed Content Protection - specifies an interoperable DRM scheme for packaged publications
• License Status Document - specifies a JSON document that provides additional controls over a license

Documentation

• Architecture - overview of the architecture of all Readium projects
• Locators - defines a JSON object for pointing into digital publications
• Readium CSS - defines a set of reference stylesheets for EPUB Reading Systems

Publication Servers

Publications servers are a key component in Readium's architecture. These servers can output a Readium Web Publication Manifest.

• r2-streamer-js - written in TypeScript using Node.js
• r2-streamer-go - written in Go

Publication Viewers

These open-source viewers are all compatible with the Readium Web Publication Manifest.

• Epub.js - an ebook viewer written in JS
• R2 Reader (Android) - an ebook and comics viewer written in Kotlin, LCP compliant (this is primarily a test app for Readium Mobile projects)
• R2 Reader (iOS) - an ebook, PDF and comics viewer written in Swift, LCP compliant (this is primarily a test app for Readium Mobile projects)
• Vivliostyle - a document and publication viewer written in JS
• xbreader - a manga viewer written in TypeScript

Mobile Apps

• Bookbeat - an ebook and audiobook reader based on Readium Mobile iOS.
• DITA Reader Android - an ebook reader based on Readium Mobile Android, LCP compliant.
• DITA Reader iOS - an ebook reader based on Readium Mobile iOS, LCP compliant.
• PRETNUMERIQUE en Bibliothèque - an ebook and audiobook reader based on Readium Mobile iOS, LCP compliant.

Examples

• Animeta! (xbreader) - first chapter of a manga distributed using RWPM in a fork of xbreader
• Herland (Jellybooks) - a classic distributed using RWPM in Jellybooks' take on Readium Web
• Readium CSS Documentation (Vivliostyle) - Readium CSS documentation in Vivliostyle Viewer using RWPM
• Tom Sawyer (De Marque) - Tom Sawyer as an audiobook published by Librivox using RWPM in De Marque's Audiobook Reader

Experiments

• webpub-viewer - an iframe based navigator for ebooks, written in JS
• comics-viewer - an img based navigator for comics, written in JS
• audiobook-player - an audio based navigator for audiobooks, written in JS

License

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