[riskydisco]

Hi all

I'm completely new to ePub, although I was a typesetter in a previous life, and have found this forum very interesting reading. My immediate background is prepress print production, so a lot of the information on here is a little alien to me.

I get the impression a lot of the software, particularly the preflight/validation and editing tools are at a very early stage of development, I can draw parallels of when pdf first started to be used in print production and the first software tools were released.

Another thing that's surprised me is the amount of open source and 'home grown' tools used for epub production, i'm surprised that people aren't charging for these applications. Are these tools actually good enough and worthwhile?

I would be interested in any feedback or comments, am I wrong in my views or accurate?

Thanks in advance