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maximus83 · 02-18-2019, 12:48 PM

I have a couple Epub 3 questions for folks who have experience using and directly editing epub 3 source files, and managing those files in Calibre.

What is the best concise summary you know for the differences between Epub 2 and 3, from a practical perspective of reading ebooks? Is this summary accurate?

For current model devices and apps that claim to support Epub 3--for example Android 8.x/9.x devices running apps like Fbreader or Moon+, and recent Kobo devices --is there any value in converting the epub source files in Calibre to Epub 3? Would this enable significant feature improvements that I'm not getting now with the default Epub 2*?

*Note: I did try this by converting a number of existing epub files and some purchased AZW3 and Epub books to Epub 3. From a user perspective, I can't tell a difference when reading in a Kobo Forma or my Android phone.

02-18-2019, 12:48 PM	#1
maximus83 Nameless Being	Epub 3 feature support and conversion I have a couple Epub 3 questions for folks who have experience using and directly editing epub 3 source files, and managing those files in Calibre. What is the best concise summary you know for the differences between Epub 2 and 3, from a practical perspective of reading ebooks? Is this summary accurate? For current model devices and apps that claim to support Epub 3--for example Android 8.x/9.x devices running apps like Fbreader or Moon+, and recent Kobo devices --is there any value in converting the epub source files in Calibre to Epub 3? Would this enable significant feature improvements that I'm not getting now with the default Epub 2? Note: I did try this by converting a number of existing epub files and some purchased AZW3 and Epub books to Epub 3. From a user perspective, I can't tell a difference when reading in a Kobo Forma or my Android phone. Last edited by maximus83; 02-18-2019 at 12:54 PM.