Agreed but given 3rd party conversion tools exist and the lack of reader support for many of these features (for example: no javascript, no good video support, no real semantics, and no mathml in Kindle format books which are made from epubs) I do not see a huge push to remove support for epub2 epubs, accept for small niche product markets such as children's enhanced books.
I would eventually convert my epub2 ebooks to epub3 slowly (and maybe to epub3.1 eventually - the latest spec that no-one supports) but there really us no rush imho.
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Originally Posted by Julie34
Thank you for your advice Kevin. However, I’ll tamper it a bit: most/all epub3 readers will be able to read epub2 as long as there is a sufficient number of commercial epub2 created.
Reading machines and some (the commercials one) readers (applications) follow the market. And the market prospers with increasing the wish/need to consume new toys. I observe the beginning of interactive ebooks (for children mostly). The new toy (for ebooks), will it be epub3? or something else, more proprietary? But you’re right, there is time, there is investments already done (just listening now at the radio how beautiful are those children reading “real” books and not only electronic devices) …
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