Thread: kepub vs. epub
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Old 03-03-2015, 03:53 AM   #2
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I'm epub all the way. I tried kepub a few times and really dislike the "extras" in it, especially the top header. As for the disadvantages listed:

- Touch is sometimes unresponsive. - I had this problem with a few firmwares and stayed on 1.4.1 for ages, now on 3.12.0 and never have this problem with those firmwares, but if it happened on epubs, it also happened on kepubs for me.
- Page style might, very rarely, need editing. - Still better than kepub layouts, and I can always fix it, but happens rarely like you said.
- Slower page turns. - Never noticed this at all.
- Opentype typefaces are problematic with advanced settings. - Opentype works for me, the weight adjustment usually doesn't work on either otf or ttf though, but since I mainly use Caecilia, or Georgia if some glyphs are missing, it's not an issue.
- No reading status. - Good. All I want to see is Page x of x. I don't need or want to know that I've read 75 books in 200 hours
- No pop-ups for footnotes. - As long as footnotes are linked properly, it's not an issue for the rare times a book I read has them.
- Only Adobe style page numbering. - Which is fine, as long as Page x of x is there as a progress indication, I don't care if the page numbers match a real book, Adobe, or the man in the moon.
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