- AgileAgile is an iterative approach to content development. Originating in software development in the early '90s, agile's supporters rejected the traditional "waterfall" method of development in favor of a more flexible and adaptive model that could easily react to change and integrate user feedback into the development process.
- AZWKindle ebook format. (See also: MOBI.)
- BookNet CanadaMaintains bibliographic data, sales data, and standards in Canada.
- Bowker's Books in PrintBibliographic data aggregator and ISBN authority.
- BSIGBook Industry Study Group - Maintains BISAC Codes. Another US Standards organization.
- CataListBNC CataList is an online catalogue system built for the book supply chain. Its catalogues are up-to-date, customizable, interactive, searchable and efficient. They can be used as a sales and publicity tool by publishers, retailers, wholesalers and librarians.
- CMSContent Management System - An online content storage system, such as WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla.
- CSSCSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS styles define how HTML elements are displayed - is text bolded, is an image centred on a page, etc. Since styles are often not preserved during the conversion process, you can use CSS styles to style your epub, preserving or enhancing the way it looks on the printed page.
- DAMDigital Asset Management system - An archival and distribution system for ebooks and electronic files.
- EDItEURStandards group that maintains the ONIX specification.
- EPUBFormerly the Open Electronic Book Publication Standard. An open standard based on open web languages for ebooks. EPUBs can be read on most ereaders, smartphones, and tablets, including the iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Kobo, Nook, and Sony Readers. A notable exception are Kindle devices which can only read Kindle files (MOBI or KF8).
- Fixed-Layout EPUBA spec developed by Apple for better display of complex content. It's an EPUB that has jumped through some hoops. The Kobo Vox also supports this format. Fixed-layout EPUBs can also support read-aloud features.
- MFNMost Favoured Nation - A clause in a contract that states that you are beholden to offer a title to a company at the same price as you offer it elsewhere.
- MOBIKindle ebook format.
- Nielson BookScanOne of the sales data aggregators.
- ONIXOnline Information Exchange - An XML type that describes what a book is. ONIX is a prominent metadata standard for books. Learn more about ONIX from Booknet Canada.
- PDFPortable Document Format - This is actually proprietary to Adobe.
- PODPrint On Demand. POD describes print-to-order systems which support self-publishing companies like Lulu and Lightning Source, and in-store book machines, like the Espresso Book Machine.
- RFP/RFQRequest for Proposal/Project, Request for Quote
- Work IdentifierA work identifier is an ONIX element that links together all the different assets associated with a single title. More information here.
- XHTML
- XML