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Originally Posted by JSWolf
You are trying to make an ePub 3 eBook in a program that makes ePub 2 eBooks.
Do you really need to make ePub 3? Are you using any ePub 3 specific features? can what you want to do be done in ePub 2? If you do make a specific ePub 3, not many people will be able to read it. So if you aren't doing anything ePub 3 specific then just go ePub 2.
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Thanks very much for the reply.
I do realise that ePub3 is still not widespread, but
a) As you say, there
are e-readers out there today that can cope with ePub3.
b) We should be encouraging them - what is the point of making a version 3 e-reader if nobody is asking for it?
c) Standards evolve to improve the reading experience. I have ePub2 e-books that look fine on e-reader app X but dreadful on e-reader Y. If ePub 3 can sort that nonsense out, then that has to be a Good Thing.
d) IMHO ePub3 is better in terms of making content accessible plus I feel the code becomes more understandable for those who may want to take what I'm doing and tweak it in the future.
e) There are new educational elements being developed. They will be really useful in the training/teaching world, so if I can add them now, ready for when they will be fully functional, then that's less work for someone to do later.
Thanks again for taking the time.
P.S. I did have a subsidiary question for Sigil buffs: when making a "New" ePub2 page in Sigil (version 0.9.2), even with
no other code entered FlightCrew complains about missing "language" and "title" elements. What's the best way to sort that out?