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DiapDealer · 07-25-2014, 11:27 AM

You'd have to do all that outside of Sigil. Most of those changes will not survive a Sigil "save."

But I'm confused; ePub2 will already be fully compatible with old ereaders. And any ePub3 reader worth it's salt will also be able to read ePub2s.

Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly OK with people creating ePub3s, but what's the point of jamming plain-jane ePub2s into a quick & dirty ePub3 container in the first place? It it a submission requirement or something?

EDIT: calibre's book-edit should allow you to save those kinds of changes.

07-25-2014, 11:27 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,648 Karma: 205022288 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You'd have to do all that outside of Sigil. Most of those changes will not survive a Sigil "save." But I'm confused; ePub2 will already be fully compatible with old ereaders. And any ePub3 reader worth it's salt will also be able to read ePub2s. Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly OK with people creating ePub3s, but what's the point of jamming plain-jane ePub2s into a quick & dirty ePub3 container in the first place? It it a submission requirement or something? EDIT: calibre's book-edit should allow you to save those kinds of changes. Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-25-2014 at 11:46 AM.