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Originally Posted by SBT
Though most grateful for all the suggestions, I would like to return to the original question: Has anybody actually seen an epub2/KF8 book with half-decent math in it?
Given the many tools listed, it seems logical to assume many attempts have been made, but has a technically sucessfull math ebook ever made it to the shelves?
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In short, NO, because there's quite simply no support for what's needed for the equations. Without exact control over horizontal/vertical positioning, how can anyone do equations? And if you can't do that...what's the point?
You have to use images at this time. There's no way around it. And even using ePUB3 doesn't solve the problem, unless you do a FIXED-FORMAT ePUB.
And if we're going to do that, why bother? FF is equivalent to PDF, for all intents and purposes, and in some ways, it's worse (e.g., on iBooks author, there's no zoom; ditto on KF8).
I, for one, don't see how we can expect to have it both ways; the convenience and reader-end control of ebooks (fonts, reflow, reading pane, etc.) AND the ability to control, to the nth, horizontal and vertical positioning. At some point, if we're lucky, the ability to export unchanging equations will exist, and we can then create viable eBooks with those equations embedded (and, more importantly, to my mind, searchable). But until that export-ability exists....(and no...I have no idea how that will happen, as it's not like there's massive demand for this that will engender commercial or paid development, I don't believe), I think that images are about as good as it gets.
Hitch