Thread: Why ePub 3?
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Old 09-28-2017, 12:20 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The reasoning given that ePub 3 is more expensive than ePub 2 is because in order to read ePub 3, a new Reader would have to be purchased that does handle ePub 3. This is a misconception for most ePub 3 eBooks.

So are you saying that because it costs more to create ePub 3 eBooks, these people charge more? Are these ePub 3 that need an ePub 3 renderer or ePub 3 that could have been done in ePub 2?
No, Wolfie, my sweet:

I'm saying that because the books are in FIXED-LAYOUT, they cost more to build and make, and the clients want to recover their costs as soon as they are able. Let's face it--people who pay for layout/formatting, etc., are a bit behind the 8-Ball, in their ROI, because their investment is greater than the ubiquitous Word-file-uploader. Nothing to do with ePUB2 versus ePUB3.

All those who pay for formatting have a cost-hump to get over, before they are profitable, right? Rather than someone who doesn't count their time (wrongly) as part of their costs.

The additional cost, to be 100% clear, is the fixed-layout, not the ePUB2 versus 3 or what-have-you. Fixed-layout is much more time-consuming to do--assuming it's done correctly, of course. I don't charge more for ePUB3 than ePUB2. I only charge a skosh more--and I mean, a skosh--if someone asks us for BOTH.

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