Looking for software editors developing e-book creation software and online selling platform

Kurzfassung

A group of French publishing SME, specialized in comics books, are looking for softwares – either prototype or production -, online tools or partners with suitable technology to create and edit the platform to sell ebooks.

Details

A group of French publishing SMEs containing ebooks and books for people of different ages are starting a new eBook collection and need technological partners in order to develop these new products. The existing ebooks should be imported directly and then enriched with multimedia contents (jpg image format, wave sound file, quicktime and windows video file format), translations, dynamic reading and/or Digital Accessible Information System (D.A.I.S.Y.) format support.
The ebook file format could be in pdf format, epub format, smartphone applications, flash format, ect. They could also be translated into European and Asian languages. The group of companies also needs solutions and partners in order to develop or adapt online distribution and marketing platforms, allowing download and streaming of many thousands ebooks.
No need for Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection has been thought of at present time. However, partner’s DRM skills are welcome. The platform should provide features such as keyword search, navigation by book, category by author, by title and by year. PHP and mysql are the preferred technologies for the platform but other web technologies can also be proposed.

Technical Specifications / Specific technical requirements:
- Audio embedding
- Video embedding
- Hi-res pictures
- Image effects : zoom, rotation, transitions…
- D.A.I.S.Y. embedding
- Mac, windows compatible
- Smartphone applications
- Page per page and dynamic reading
- European and Asian languages
- Online technologies : cloud computing, search engine, data visualization