BBeB (for Broad Band eBook) is a proprietary
eBook
An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...
file format developed by
Sony
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and
Canon
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** Western can ...
. Although initially designed for the
Sony Librié, it is also supported by other
Sony e-book readers.
"E-books: is the writing on the wall for books?"
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BBeB files have the following extensions
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* Extensible cardinal
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* Ex ...
: LRS and LRF or LRX.
LRS files are XML
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files that can be edited and follow the BBeB Xylog XML specification. They represent the source code of each BBeB eBook. LRF (unencrypted) and LRX (encrypted for DRM
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purposes) files are compiled/compressed versions of LRS files that are actually used by eBook readers.
While the LRS format is openly available to the public, the LRF and LRX formats are not and remain proprietary. The conversion (compilation) from LRS to LRF can be done with a special tool, XylogParser.dll, also freely available to the public.
As of July 2010, the Sony ebook store states that they are no longer using the BBeB format, and have converted all books to the EPUB
EPUB is an e-book file format that uses the ".epub" file extension. The term is short for ''electronic publication'' and is sometimes styled ''ePub''. EPUB is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones ...
format.
References
External links
Book Creator, by Canon, the official BBeB editing suitebbebinder - Open Source code to create BBeB format ebooksLRF format documentation
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