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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
What a strange question: if you created LIT and MOBI books before the invention of EPUB, you can continue to create books in the new format too.
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What a strange answer. The question is what do you expect that the people that are creating ePUB's must do? Of course they can adapt to a new format, but that is not the question. What do you expect
US to do? We are using the format, not defining it. The PTB (Powers That Be) can change things. So, you need to take it up with IDPF and associates.
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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
Such things are possible with simple EPUB editors like OO.o plugin or Sigil, with their ascetic UI.
If the metadata dialog follows the XML scheme and gives you nice form with "First Name", "Last Name" fields, with autocomplete and "look online", the possibility to have malformed metadata is much, much less.
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Again, nothing holds you from using that. As you ignore it every time, let me tell you again a few things about metadata:
* The publishers do not care about most metadata, nor does the vast majority of the readers
* Lack of metadata values like 'First Name', etc, lies with the Dublin Core, not ePUB. Let me say it again:
NOT ePUB
* Most reader applications or readers support only the core metadata, if at all! A lot just try to 'read' the metadata from the filename instead.
* For a good search program or library program it matters not if the name is split in a first name and last name. They can search and sort either way. Most names follow quite simple rules.
I really,
really, don't get your issues. What you are proposing will
never work. A book is a form of art and like all the art, the writer wants the last word on how it looks. Changing the fontsize is fine, but that is about it.