Datalogics, Inc., the premier source for PDF and eBook technologies for developers, today announced the availability of Active Textbook, an eBook platform for the education market. Active Textbook is an end-to-end solution for enhancing, managing and distributing learning content. Active Textbook provides a powerful platform that enables educators to bring interactive content into a student’s hands. Active Textbook includes authoring tools to enhance EPUB2, EPUB3 and PDF content with interactive videos, quizzes, and other multimedia; as well as powerful and customizable eBook readers, including in-browser viewing on all major browsers on laptops, desktops and Chromebooks, and branded native client apps for iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices. The Active Textbook platform was developed by Datalogics technology partner, Evident Point.

“We are excited to work with Evident Point, and to add Active Textbook to our portfolio of eBook technologies,” stated Kevin McNeill, President, Datalogics. “The ability to embed learning objects and add interactive elements to not only EPUB3 files but also EPUB2 and even PDF files is especially interesting. We’ve seen high demand for these types of capabilities in the education community.”

“Datalogics is well-respected in the eBook technology industry,” noted Yuri Khramov, President and CEO, Evident Point. “By forging this partnership, we can expand the Active Textbook technology to new markets, enabling more developers to build superior solutions for e-learning systems.”

Active Textbook can be easily integrated with existing learning management systems, and a server API is also available to further customize and tailor functionality. Active Textbook is available immediately through Datalogics.

About Evident Point

Evident Point, based in Vancouver, Canada, and founded in 1995, is a leading provider of professional digital publishing products and solutions worldwide. Evident Point’s flagship product, Active Textbook(r), is aimed at converting digital textbook into interactive courses and delivering a new level of reading, learning and teaching experience to readers and teachers. Backed by advanced technologies such as PDF Unbound, Active Textbook and Readium EPUB 3 Reader, Evident Point builds quality custom eBook and eLearning solutions for publishers, software companies and educational institutions.

For more information, visit www.evidentpoint.com

About Datalogics

Chicago-based Datalogics, Incorporated, the premier source for eBook and PDF technologies, has dedicated over 45 years to delivering the highest quality software. Datalogics offers solutions that include a wide range of powerful PDF and eBook technologies for .NET, Java, and C/C++ developers. Datalogics is a member of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and the Readium Foundation, and is on the board of the PDF Association.

For more information, visit www.datalogics.com