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Originally Posted by bigtext
That's a fair point HarryT, but how many years away do you think we are? It a relatively new spec, but there is no reason to think its not in the process of being implemented by various readers out there.
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I agree. What I was disagreeing with were your comments that:
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I don't know why a separate app has to be created at all.
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The only useful purpose of such apps is to maybe allow for some level of customization that can't be handled by EPUB3 which is hard to imagine. More likely they are just another lock you in to my walled garden strategy so more of your money ends up in their pockets.
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The reason that an app has to be created is that this is what you have to do if you want to sell multimedia books NOW. Most authors aren't interested in what's going to be on the market in 2 or 3 years time; they want to sell their product this year. It's a fact that it would be a complete waste of time and effort to create an ePub 3 book at the present time.