Thread: Epub is Not Universal So Stop the BS
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Old 08-27-2010, 04:22 AM   #151
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Originally Posted by eBookNewbie123 View Post
There is a reason why ePub is better.
I like ePub.
1. I can edit the HTML file anyway I like and then use Calibre to make the ePub which shows exactly as how the HTML was. I use some CSS on the Heading and the text.
2. If I break my current eBook Reader, I can move onto another one and it will show the same.
3. If later one I decide to myself, I do not want my headers centred, I just edit the stylesheet and they are all right aligned.
4. I can make the entire size of the text anything I want it to be.
All these ePubs will work the same on all ePub devices, because they all run ADE.
5. ePub is an open standard, which means, I can write a book, make it into an ePub for free to sell.
Most of your point are valid, but it's perhaps worth noting that not quite all ePub readers are based on ADE. The excellent "iBooks" reader for the iPad is an ePub (and PDF) reader, but it doesn't use ADE.
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