MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

JSWolf · 11-23-2015, 07:59 PM

For most books ePub 2 is just fine. But we would be better off with ePub 4. ePub 4 would be ePub 2 done right without using the crap from ePub 3. ePub 4 would be what ePub 2 should have been from day 1. And no multimedia. No extra junk in the OPF or XHTML that we do not need. Take a look at the ePub 3 a lot of publshers are making today. If I convert one of them back to ePub 2, I remove a bunch of excess code that's not needed and doesn't actually do anything for anyone.

11-23-2015, 07:59 PM	#18
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	For most books ePub 2 is just fine. But we would be better off with ePub 4. ePub 4 would be ePub 2 done right without using the crap from ePub 3. ePub 4 would be what ePub 2 should have been from day 1. And no multimedia. No extra junk in the OPF or XHTML that we do not need. Take a look at the ePub 3 a lot of publshers are making today. If I convert one of them back to ePub 2, I remove a bunch of excess code that's not needed and doesn't actually do anything for anyone.