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Old 06-26-2009, 04:38 PM   #5
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What is it about Epub that makes it better than all the other formats
  • because with ePub i can create an ebook just with a text editor and a zip tool without depending on special software tools
  • the spec is open, no non-disclosure agreements or reverse engineering required
  • ePub offers a very good balance between complexity and supported features
  • One solution (to rule them all ): content, meta data, publication packaging (container)
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and which can't be done with a web browser?
All the rendering stuff could be done with a web browser. With some effort a browser could support publication packaging, navigation, font embedding and enhanced meta data too.
From my point of view a ePub reading system *is* already a enhanced (and simultaneously also a crippled) web browser.
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