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ZodWallop · 10-23-2018, 02:26 PM

I suspect this thread will quickly go over my novice-level knowledge, but:

I more or less understand that Kobo renders ePub/kepub with two different rendering engines (ADE/Nickle) which is why kepubs have features ePubs don't.

Kepubs appear to be ePubs with a bunch of different Kobo spans in them. I know I can open and edit kepubs with Sigil. So what do those spans do that an ePub can't do? Is there not a way for Kobo to have their engine just handle ePubs with kepub features rather than creating a new format? The thing I most rely on kepubs for (pages left in chapter rather than pages left in book) can be handled on the Nook using regular ePub files. I suspect most other features could also be handled by tweaking the engine rather than requiring a new format.

10-23-2018, 02:26 PM	#1
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,480 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	What exactly is a kepub? I suspect this thread will quickly go over my novice-level knowledge, but: I more or less understand that Kobo renders ePub/kepub with two different rendering engines (ADE/Nickle) which is why kepubs have features ePubs don't. Kepubs appear to be ePubs with a bunch of different Kobo spans in them. I know I can open and edit kepubs with Sigil. So what do those spans do that an ePub can't do? Is there not a way for Kobo to have their engine just handle ePubs with kepub features rather than creating a new format? The thing I most rely on kepubs for (pages left in chapter rather than pages left in book) can be handled on the Nook using regular ePub files. I suspect most other features could also be handled by tweaking the engine rather than requiring a new format.