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democrite · 05-29-2018, 04:33 PM

Unsure. You can test it. iBooks may store highlights and annotations by CFI:

http://www.idpf.org/epub/linking/cfi...ec-epubcfi-def

In testing, there seems to be some leeway. I can rename files and the highlights remain. Additional paragraphs later in an HTML file won't affect highlights made earlier. I can also change DOM elements such as changing a p to a div, and for example, if a highlight is in the 5th paragraph at some position if I change the p to a div, highlights remain. If a fix a typo and character position changes, or I add or remove some element like an italic, anchor, etc., position will slightly shift.

05-29-2018, 04:33 PM	#9
democrite Evangelist Posts: 441 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Unsure. You can test it. iBooks may store highlights and annotations by CFI: http://www.idpf.org/epub/linking/cfi...ec-epubcfi-def In testing, there seems to be some leeway. I can rename files and the highlights remain. Additional paragraphs later in an HTML file won't affect highlights made earlier. I can also change DOM elements such as changing a p to a div, and for example, if a highlight is in the 5th paragraph at some position if I change the p to a div, highlights remain. If a fix a typo and character position changes, or I add or remove some element like an italic, anchor, etc., position will slightly shift.