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notimp · 02-07-2016, 06:38 AM

Nice oneliners! And so demanding...

epub3 - conceptually was the format that should be able to match the industries print publishing standards - in layout options.

It turned out that the industry wasnt interested in the slightest, they'd rather stick to their - remove all formating, then slap an existing Indesign css preset over it with no real interest in actually starting the layout process "for real" - model. Its maybe one of the worst models out there - but hey, its the industry standard - and everything else is perceived to only drive additional expenses.

epub 3.0 instead was used as a driver for a new copy protection scheme that didn't take, because the delivery infrastructure was pretty bad (segmented) to begin with. Thats the technical wording for, they couldnt do an over night auto delivery rollout like Amazon did with .kfx. Without anyone in the blogosphere noticing.

Editing in .kf8 instead of .epub is something that people in here usually do? I dont know much about the motivations of people switching from Sigil to the Calibre editor to be entirely honest. More convenient I suppose?

02-07-2016, 06:38 AM	#21
notimp Addict Posts: 248 Karma: 892441 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: K2i	Nice oneliners! And so demanding... epub3 - conceptually was the format that should be able to match the industries print publishing standards - in layout options. It turned out that the industry wasnt interested in the slightest, they'd rather stick to their - remove all formating, then slap an existing Indesign css preset over it with no real interest in actually starting the layout process "for real" - model. Its maybe one of the worst models out there - but hey, its the industry standard - and everything else is perceived to only drive additional expenses. epub 3.0 instead was used as a driver for a new copy protection scheme that didn't take, because the delivery infrastructure was pretty bad (segmented) to begin with. Thats the technical wording for, they couldnt do an over night auto delivery rollout like Amazon did with .kfx. Without anyone in the blogosphere noticing. Editing in .kf8 instead of .epub is something that people in here usually do? I dont know much about the motivations of people switching from Sigil to the Calibre editor to be entirely honest. More convenient I suppose? Last edited by notimp; 02-07-2016 at 06:44 AM.