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Old 05-22-2015, 10:09 AM   #6
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I just noticed a comment to the article that spoke of the benefits of having the sole source ePub as an ePub3.

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Bill Kasdorf
May 18, 2015 at 10:10 am

Good post, Joshua, and I agree with everything you said. I just want to point out one common and useful variant. Even when files need to be tweaked to adapt to the requirements and limitations of certain reading systems (a bigger issue the more complex your ebooks are), it is still far and away the best practice to _start with an EPUB 3_ and then just tweak that for the needed variations. And that EPUB 3 should have fallbacks for things that may work in one reading system and not in another, to minimize the amount of tweaking and management of multiple versions needed.

Joshua Tallent
May 18, 2015 at 11:04 am

Thanks, Bill! That is a point that I definitely should have made more clear, and is certainly one that everyone should consider. A well-formed EPUB 3 file is a perfect foundation for any variant EPUB or Kindle files you have to create. Start with the best, then water down as needed.
I haven't yet taken the dive into ePub3 with Sigil or Calibre. How well does it work? Do they fully support "the standard" HTML5/CSS3??

edit: Sorry didn't mean to sidetrack the thread...

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