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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
The question no one has answered for me, is why? Why should I waste countless hours of my life adding support for epub 3 to calibre? What does epub 3 enable that epub 2 does not? Just because some committee has declared a new "standard" does not mean that standard is automatically a good thing and must be adopted by everyone..
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Or just because Apple says so
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What gets me riled, is they are obsoleting (the not backwards compatible bit) and have not fixed the blatant (static) BOOK omissions .
#1 is License the standard 'EPUB' so non-compliant can NOT use that name/extension . This alone will simplify book creation. No more "I have to make a 'X' version because "X" will not center a partial HR
#2 Standard metadata does not even include everyday info like Series
#3 No Standards on Bookmarks and reading position to make cross-(EPUB)device use compatible
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