Creating an ebook using EPUB 3.0

Creating the ebook package

Note: A sample ebook package is provided in the sample-ebook-package folder. This sample package contains everything below.

1. Create a new folder. This will be the root of your new ebook. Everything in this style and any

   code

   from here on is case-sensitive.
2. Inside the new folder, create:
   1. a file named mimetype,
   2. a folder named META-INF, and
   3. a folder named EPUB.
3. Inside the file mimetype, add the line application/epub+zip.
4. Inside the META-INF folder, create a file named container.xml.
5. Inside the file container.xml, add the following:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <container xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container" version="1.0">
   	<rootfiles>
   		<rootfile full-path="EPUB/content.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/>
   	</rootfiles>
   </container>

6. Inside the EPUB folder, create a file named content.opf.
7. Inside the file content.opf, add the following:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="3.0" unique-identifier="ebookID">
   	<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
   		<dc:identifier id="ebookID"></dc:identifier>
   		<dc:title></dc:title>
   		<dc:language></dc:language>
   		<meta property="dcterms:modified"></meta>
   	</metadata>
   	<manifest>
   		<item id="" href="" media-type=""/>
   	</manifest>
   	<spine>
   		<itemref idref=""/>
   	</spine>
   </package>