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Originally Posted by Nate the great
What is it about Epub that makes it better than all the other formats
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- 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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Originally Posted by Nate the great
and which can't be done with a web browser?
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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.