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Originally Posted by Dutchbook
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The author of that post confuses ePub with DRM. DRM is not part of the ePub format or specification. The terms "Adobe ePub", "B&N ePub", etc., make no sense at all, when you read "Adobe ePub", it really means "ePub book with Adobe DRM", but I think you already know that.
You can make a horribly looking ePub book. The same is true for pdf, mobi or whatever format you can think of. That has nothing to do with the format itself, but rather with the skills of the book creator. On the other hand, you cannot modify a pdf, but you can modify an ePub to suit your tastes, provided you know how to remove DRM and have basic html and css skills.
I prefer ePub over other formats, here's why:
- It is based on html and css, which are powerful and easy to learn.
- An ePub file is an editable format, you don't need to keep a source file and generate and output file, as in the case of pdf or other book formats.
- Most readers can display ePub files.
- Epub is easily converted to other formats.
- Sigil and calibre editor are excellent tools to create or modify ePub files.