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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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Toxaris
And what you are proposing is a format that makes it significantly harder for people to create books.
By creating styles, you can turn a decently-formatted DOCX into a decently-formatted EPUB. But adding dozens of new first-class elements is going to throw a few wrenches in that...
And many authors actually understand enough HTML to author a book properly. And since MOBI was based on HTML, moving to AZW3/EPUB was not a significant challenge.
Your proposed XML monstrosity on the other hand is
orders of magnitude more complicated, and poses a serious barrier to entry.