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Originally Posted by Halvah
I'd like to bump one of Lily7's original questions.
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1. Is the current epub format about to go obsolete? I don't understand this epub2 vs epub3 and ACCESS renderer stuff. WAY over my head. I guess I just want some reassurance that I haven't built up a huge collection of epub ebooks only to have their formats go obsolete!</quote>
Will the hundreds and thousands of original epubs many of us have collected become obsolete and unreadable on future generations of ereaders?
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no. that is not what is being discussed. even if the device is using an epub3 "programme", it can read epub2. It's like .doc, all of your old .doc are not suddenly lost because windows created .docx.
It'll be backwards compatible.
This means: When new standards are embraced, it just means new files can't always be read on old devices OR more likely, it won't have all the new features of the new standard. So if you have an old ereader that isn't getting new firmware, it may not have the ability to read new epubs that are being released using epub3 in the way that was intended by the creator of that epub. But really, it all comes down to: nothing to worry about. Unless you plan to keep your ereader device alive for an insanely and unnaturally long time
