Standardebooks.org raises the standard of quality high for typography/formatting/coding. They would, for example, take works that are marked as Completed on ProjectGutenberg and make them even more beautiful.
https://standardebooks.org/about/
So if I can find a book on that standardebooks.org, I go there.
Each book is available in four formats. Here's how the formats are described. (You can go to a Wodehouse book
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/p-...ight-ho-jeeves for an example)
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epub — All devices and apps except Amazon Kindle and Kobo.
azw3 — Amazon Kindle devices and apps. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindle’s library.
kepub — Kobo devices and apps.
epub3 — Advanced format not yet fully compatible with most ereaders.
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When I go to click on
Read about which file to download, I'm taken to the following page:
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Which File Do I Download?
We offer four different kinds of ebook file for you to download. Which one you pick depends on which ereading device and ereading software you’re using.
1. Amazon Kindle devices and software (but not the Kindle application for iPad): download the azw3 file. You can optionally download the Kindle cover thumbnail if you’d like the ebook cover to appear in your library. (Thanks to a long-standing bug in the Kindle software, side-loaded ebooks don’t display cover images automatically. Complain to Amazon.)
2. Kobo devices and software: download the kepub file. This file is specially prepared to present the best reading experience for Kobos.
3. All other ereaders: download the epub file. This epub2-compatible file will work in all ereaders except Kindles. While this file will also work on Kobo, it’ll look pretty bad; please download our special kepub file for Kobo devices and software.
4. For advanced ereaders like Readium, and for readers who like bleeding-edge technology: download the pure epub3 file. Pure epub3 isn’t compatible with most ereaders yet, so only download this file if you know what you’re doing.
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Based on these words, I have eliminated azw3 and epub. But that still leaves two formats: kepub and epub3.
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...ks-app-support says that Kobo ereaders supports epub3.
- So which should I go for?
- When the text says "bleeding-edge technology" (under the epub3 guidance), what does that mean? How does that affect me as a reader?
- What can the Standardebook.org's epub3 files do that the kepubs can't?
- And, vice versa, what are the advantages of standardebook.org's kepub files over the epub3 files?