INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily prepare a data for an electronic book. SOLUTION: The data for the electronic book are converted into XML format data by an XML converter part 21, since the data for the electronic book supplied from a publisher are data comprising various formats. A data converter part 22 converts the XML format data converted by the XML converter part 21 into data of format distributed to a user, and adds data to be easily handled as the electronic book. A copyright protection processing part 23 adds copyright information to the prepared data, and encrypts it when necessary. A distribution part 24 stores the data for distribution, and distributes the stored data, based on a request from the user. The present invention is applicable for a device for preparing the data for the electronic book. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT