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Originally Posted by odedta
Yes, I im learning how to create ePub3 validated books because in my opinion and others that I work with is the way to go. It might not be working properly now on certain eBooks readers but eventually I believe they will pick up the pace and conform to the standard.
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Future ePub3 readers will
always be able to read ePub2 documents infinitely better than the millions of ePub2 devices (that aren't going to be thrown away) will be able to read ePub3 documents. Just saying.
I understand wanting to stay ahead of the curve, I really do. But this is one area of technological advancement where--unless something in your publication absolutely
cannot do without a feature of ePub3--you're better off waiting until "the curve" is in full swing before worrying about implementing it. Especially if you want your publication to be readable by the largest audience possible.
At this point in the game, an IDPF-compliant ePub3 traditional novel (even one with footnotes) gains you very little (unless you count excluding a huge chunk of your potential audience).
By all means,
learn how to make them. If anything, Kindlegen will convert them very nicely to KF8. Just don't try to build one with tools that were never designed to handle ePub3 and/or HTML5/CSS3.