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Originally Posted by calvin-c
I'm not arguing the technology isn't there, I'm saying the economics aren't there to compel using the technology. Smoothing the rough edges is a task given to junior programmers. Senior programmers are assigned to engineering the enhancements...
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Either I'm not explaining clearly, or you're misunderstanding me.
EPUB as it is now, does not have to change.
To create an e-book, you don't need to be a programmer. You only need to understand a bit of HTML and CSS. Now that Sigil (EPUB editor) is maturing, creating an EPUB, and thus an e-book is becoming ridiculously easy; it's no more difficult than creating a Word document.
The fact that e-books look like crap isn't because EPUB has to be redesigned or be reprogrammed or enhanced; it's because (some) publishers are (still) treating e-books as second rank products, and are not using the capabilities of the standard to its fullest.