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Free ePub Reader. Release: 17 January 2012
If you have AZARDI 7 or 8 installed, AZARDI 8.1 will be updated next time you open AZARDI.
The interactive demo book EPUB3 UNLEASHED can be downloaded from Resources. See what ePub3 can do.
This January 2012 AZARDI 8.1 release is a bug-fix and minor feature update.
If you still have AZARDI 6 you will have to uninstall before installing AZARDI 8.1. Click here to go to the version update instructions.
This release has new features and bug fixes and moves forward improved ePub3 conformance issues.
New Reader Features in AZARDI 8.1
This version is the first version to incorporate automated updates.
AZARDI 8.1 works on all desktops Firefox works on: Linux, Macintosh and Windows.
The AZARDI User Guide is available in ePub3 format on the resources page along with other ePub3 resources.
Landmarks. If your ePub 3 uses landmarks these can be displayed with the new Landmarks button.
Page Nav. If your ePub 3 uses page navigation this can be displayed with the new Landmarks button and select the Page Navigation option.
If you have installed AZARDI 6 and want to move to the new auto-update version, you will need to uninstall AZARDI 6 before installing AZARDI 7 or AZARDI 8.
In addition you will have to delete the AZARDI 6 databases due to incompatible versions. Unfortunately the AZARDI 6 Library will NOT migrate to AZARDI 7 or AZARDI 8. You will have to reload your books. This will not be required in the future. We apologize for this inconvenience.
These are located in your user data location. If you used the default installations these are:
There are three files in this directory:
Delete all three files. You can leave or delete the Infogrid Pacific and Azardi folders.They will be recreated.
From this version AZARDI will automatically update and you will not have to reinstall again.AZARDI is available for customization and branding for licensed IGP:Content Fulfilment Systems users. This gives publishers of appropriate content access to the AZD secure package format.
AZARDI is designed for massively interactive training and learning content. The AZD format allows the delivery and control on the desktop of subscription content such as rich and interactive courseware learning, education and training content. An AZD format can support presentation of SWF, PDF and Silverlight modules, and work seamlessly with online resources.
The new page sizing feature is ideal for training material, as is the built-in secure Internet Extension Viewport. Link to resources from within the reader and stay in a controlled delivery context.
the AZD format unleashes new levels of dynamic interactive content under Rights and Agreements control. The powerful subscriptions model allows any business on any content directly from publisher to consumer.
IGP:Content Fulfilment Systems allows the same content to be made available as WebApps optimized for mobile devices and online sites. Downloadable desktop content packages using AZARDI as the delivery platform.
Since AZARDI was released in March 2008 a lot has happened with digital content. In 2008 ePub was just emerging as a and HTML5 was of mild interest. Here we are in 2011 and the technology game has changed in many ways, primarily with the advent of tablet computing.
Webkit to Firefox. AZARDI is a desktop reader. There was no particular requirement to stay with Webkit. With the exception of audio and video, Firefox features are more closely matched to learning content presentation requirements, with native MathML support a significant decision maker. AZARDI supports WebM, a high-quality, non-proprietary, free video and audio format provided by Google.
Ree-lax-ed. The 2008 version of AZARDI was strictly strict - the need of the day with ePub just emerging. AZARDI is now relaxed and tolerant of a lot of non-standard components in your ePubs. Why? There is a massive transition going on in digital publishing and users who download something expect it to work, and publishers need an environment to experiment and push the limits of digital content.
Beyond the Novel. The primary purpose of AZARDI has always been to provide an e-book reader that addresses the widest possible range of books and documents. That especially means handling complex layouts for education, training, business books and documents. With the 2011 release of AZARDI we have reached that goal.
The requirement for digital content on the desktop has gone well beyond ePub. ePub books have to be created to the lowest common denominator of readers, or made many times for different devices. While that is not an issue if the production environment is IGP:Digital Publisher (which can create multiple variants with a click), it is still a problem managing and maintaining multiple ePub variants through the supply chain.
There is going to be a focus of ePub on mobile devices and readers in the commercial hardware market which leaves the desktop relatively empty. That is why AZARDI exists. AZARDI supports corporate documentation, including dynamically changing corporate documentation.
In the commercial version, AZARDI is publisher brandable, supports user-oriented channel controlled content and highly advanced interaction with the AZARDI Interactive Engine. The interface is austere and vanilla because it is customization ready and of course because the content is more important.
AZARDI is designed as a working ePub reader for content authors and user of academic, reference, education (textbooks), instruction manuals, business publications, interactive content and much more. In the free release AZARDI lets the end-user control all aspects of presentation and flow. In the commercial version publishers have control to ensure content presentation matches the subject matter, especially when it incorporates XY layout components.
AZARDI is an expression of the Hindi word "azadi" meaning freedom. The "R" is included to provide pronunciation guidance for those of us who are not skilled in linguistics and phonetics and to make it a trademark.
AZARDI is licensed at no charge but this version is not open-source.