Packaging Guidelines for Book
Nova accepts the following files.
- Cover
- XML
- EPUB
- Assets (various multimedia files)
Cover Image
The cover image is mandatory for books. The cover must be in this specification exactly.
The preferred format for the cover is a PNG. image of 600 x 800 pixels.
File naming convention: cover.png
The Nova platform supports GIF, BMP, JPEG, PNG images in your content. so you should usually provide your images with the maximum resolution.
The ZIP file can contain an “assets” folder (optional) that contains all other associated files such as images and supplemental data files.
Nova Structure
The nova package must contain a ZIP file and the Manifest.xml. Both should be in the same name.
Manifest Structure
The manifest.xml file should follow the below format. You will need to capture the additional informations as exactly mentioned in the sample below. And this has key information about the content, please ensure before upload the information in the mainfest.xml. Here, we have mentioned Price information for reference.
@access-type attribute: The access types: COMPLIMENTARY (or) OA (or) PAID.
Package Type : full-book (without full text)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE nova PUBLIC "nova" "nova.dtd">
<nova content-type="full-book" full-text="no">
<chapter type="sample" file= "sample1.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<chapter type="sample" file= "sample2.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<book file="fullbook.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</book>
</nova> Package Type : full-book (with full text)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE nova PUBLIC "nova" "nova.dtd">
<nova content-type="full-book" full-text="yes">
<chapter type="sample" file= "sample1.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<chapter type="sample" file= "sample2.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<book file="fullbook.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</book>
</nova> Package Type : chunk-book (without full text)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE nova PUBLIC "nova" "nova.dtd">
<nova content-type= "chunk-book" full-text="no">
<chapter type="sample" file="sample1.zip" access-type="OA"/>
<chapter type="prelims" file="prelims.zip" access-type="OA"/>
<chapter type= "sample" file= "sample2.zip"/>
<chapter file= "ch01.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
<chapter file= "ch02.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
<chapter file= "ch03.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
</nova> Package Type : chunk-book (with full text)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE nova PUBLIC "nova" "nova.dtd">
<nova content-type= "chunk-book" full-text="yes">
<chapter type= "sample" file= "sample1.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<chapter type= "prelims" file= "aaa.zip" access-type= "OA"/>
<chapter type= "sample" file= "sample2.zip"/>
<chapter file= "aaa.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
<chapter file= "aaa.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
<chapter file= "aaa.zip">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "30"/>
</chapter>
</nova> Package Type : in-press (upcoming books)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE nova PUBLIC "nova" "nova.dtd">
<nova content-type="in-press" full-text="no">
<book file="filename.zip" released-on = "September 25, 2020" access-type="OA">
<price GBP= "10" USD= "18" original_price = "$30.00" save = "$11.02" />
</book>
</nova> Table 1: Element description
| Element | Attribute | Definition | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| nova | content-type | Formal reference identification of the content | chunk-book, book, chapter |
| full-text | Formal reference identification of the content type | YES / NO | |
| chapter | type | Formal reference identification of the sub division | sample, prelims, Ch01, etc |
| file | Name of the file | aaa.zip | |
| access-type | Digital Price / Open Access | OA, Complimentary, Paid | |
| price | GBP | Price type | 10 |
| USD | Price type | 30 | |
| INR | Price type | 10 |
Zip File Structure (full-text= no)
The Zip file can contain Assets, EPub, XML, PDF files, and cover image.
Supplementary data, as characterized by the DTD documentation, are extra “information files that contain data straightforwardly supportive of the document, for instance, an audio clip, movie, database, spreadsheet, applet, or other external file.” When given, these should be described in the XML document and tagged with the <supplementary-material> tag.