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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So it's not going to happen. You won't find eBooks with the ePub 2 coding being converted to the ePub 3 type coding. You would find if that did happen that many people would complain when the eBook failed to work.
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Take a look at the ebookcraft speeches.
It is happening.
Also, it doesn't have to be anything serious like footnote asides, it can be as simple as adding <article> <section>. A book with tens/hundreds of little chapters, and the byte differences can add up.
And then again, what are publishers to do when the next standard comes out?
Hold the presses! JSWolf says EPUB2 is the only way to purchase
(not from iStores) and read ebooks
(not in iBooks + not in Amazon)!
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I'm going to say this, but I am correct. I am correct about ePub's page numbering.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If you quote from an ePub and then that ePub is changed by the publisher and the quote is no longer on the page you cited, the quoted text can be searched for. That goes for any ePub reader that doesn't use ADE page numbers. So using ADE page numbers will satisfy the citation.
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Absolutely wrong. Let me just substitute in equivalent words:
If you quote from a MOBI and then that MOBI is changed by the publisher and the quote is no longer on the page you cited, the quoted text can be searched for. That goes for any MOBI reader that doesn't use Amazon Location #s. So using Amazon Location #s will satisfy the citation.
This is what a MOBI-loving-JSWolf could say. And it is as equally valid as your current argument.
I would say this is more accurate:
If you quote from an ebook and then that ebook is changed by the publisher and the quote is no longer where you cited, the quoted text can be searched for. That goes for any e-reader. So using a standard ebook citation (very similar to web citations) will satisfy the citation.
You don't have people clamoring to demand web citations be dependent on which browser you use, or a specific vendor's algorithm.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
As for modifying the eBook so the page numbers are not correct, just don't do so. Don't use Calibre to side load. Don't strip the DRM (if there is any). Just load it so it's as it came and you will have the correct page numbers for that eBook.
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It does and will happen.
Code in the backend can and will change (just look at that InDesign CC 2018 change I mentioned above, could easily cut the code cruft by more than half!). I could easily see a publisher saying "We've found 10 typos fixed since the first printing in 2012. Let's update the Print+Ebook in InDesign 2018.".
And again, answer me this:
How does JSWolf cite LIT books? Or any non-EPUB books? "Buy the EPUB" isn't a valid answer.
Side Note: Just for giggles, I took the latest InDesign->EPUB book I worked on:
(Physical pages in the PDF was 602.)
EPUB from InDesign CC 2015: 591 ADE Pages
EPUB After Manual Cleaning: 569 ADE Pages
I suspect using InDesign CC 2018's new tools, the newly generated EPUB would be anywhere between those two points.