Since Google dropped support for it, it’s future has been questioned. What is the expected future for this project ?
Readium provides a "set of software building blocks" for the development of standardized EPUB and web publication reader applications for a variety of contexts—browser-based, mobile app, and desktop. Readium is a set of libraries and frameworks, and also a foundation and international community dedicated to ebook implementation standards.
Institutional host: Readium Foundation
URL: https://readium.org/
Principal investigator: Hadrien Gardeur
Contact: contact@edrlab.org
Lead developer: Hadrien Gardeur
Funding sources: members
Development partners: European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab)
Partners: Members include: Editis, Hachette, Madrigall, Media Participations, Syndicat National de l’édition, Cercle de la Librarie, Centre National du livre, the French State and Cap Digital.
Initial release: 2012
Version (as of June 2019): R2
URL: https://github.com/readium/readium-desktop
Language: TypeScript
License: BSD
Last commit: 2019-06-20
Contributors: 7