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Originally Posted by vaughnmr
Thanks for the link. Never bothered to look, since I was using Kindle. Looks like a lot of people involved, but it almost seems like the "Wild, Wild West" from what I saw (think usa in the late 1800's).
I assumed from what everyone was saying in the forums it was a standard, but what I see is that it is not really that, it's something a company can "extend" to do whatever they want (i.e. Apple, B&N, etc.).
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ePub is a standard much like HTML is a standard. However, companies implement standards differently. You will see differences in how the major web browsers display HTML. You will also see differences in how the ebook reader companies display ePubs on their devices.
ePub and other ebook formats are much like HTML in the sense that they are "mark up languages" meaning that text is marked (formatted) by adding standardized tags. But like HTML, not everyone interprets and/or implements the mark up the same.
There is also the DRM implementation which is discussed in other posts above.