The rapid development of computers and multimedia techniques makes the timely and accurate transmission of information possible. The electronic publishing becomes more and more popular in recent years. And its impact on the traditional publishing industry is enormous. This paper analyzes the characteristics between electronic publishing industry and traditional publishing industry, and gives so...

The electronic publishing (EP) trends of publishing houses in Singapore are studied to identify challenges, opportunities, problems faced by the publishing industry, and assess the acceptance of e-publications by Singaporeans. This was carried out by two separate surveys through questionnaires. The first survey with publishers aimed to seek their views on EP in Singapore while the second with r...

Online access to complex compound documents with client side search and browsing capability is one of the key requirements of effective content management. “DjVu” (Déjà Vu) is a highly efficient document image compression methodology, a file format, and a delivery platform that, when considered together, has shown to effectively address these issues [1]. Originally developed for scanned color d...