Amazon's New e-book Format Brings HTML5 Support To Your Kindle Library (Article Review #6)

Article Title
"Amazon's New e-book Format Brings HTML5 Support To Your Kindle Library"

Article Author
Amar Toor

Article Publication Date
October 24, 2011

URL of Original Article
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/24/amazons-new-e-book-format-brings-html5-support-to-your-kindle-l/

Article Summary
The new Amazon's e-book format is called "Kindle Format 8 (KF8)". It has more than 150 new formatting tools in the table. The KF8 supports CSS3 support, HTML5-based file format, fixed layouts, and many more. The KF8 are not supported in video and audio for HTML tags and CSS elements in the table.

Relevance to the Class
This new Amazon's e-book format "Kindle Format 8" supports CSS3 support and HTML5. It will be benefit for us to use CSS3 support and fixed layouts in a tablet instead of the desktop or laptop.

Key Quote
"...Amazon is promising to deliver with Kindle Format 8 (KF8)--a new, HTML5-based file format for Kindle books. According to the company, KF8 will allow publishers to produce picture books, comics and graphic novels with greater ease, thanks to the platform's rich formatting capabilities and design elements.”