Press Release: HarperCollins Publishers Announces Completion of Transition to EPUB 3

New York, NY - January 14, 2015 - HarperCollins Publishers today announced it has finalized the implementation of EPUB 3 for its e-book production; all new e-books are now being distributed in EPUB 3 with backward compatibility to EPUB 2. The company has implemented RSuite CMSworkflows and EPUB transformation to allow for continuous support of the format. HarperCollins and RSI Content Solutions will contribute the EPUB 3 transformation to the DITA for Publishers open-source community so that others may benefit.
"Implementing EPUB 3 enables us to support industry standards while increasing accessibility for the disabled community," said Leslie Hulse, vice president of business development. "We look forward to the enhanced benefits this new format will provide readers."