Comments on: ‘EPUB: The next PDF?’ http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/epub-the-next-pdf/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/epub-the-next-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-1115558 Steve Jordan Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:21:34 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/epub-the-next-pdf/#comment-1115558 Standards can be improved, Mike. And the XML base underlying ePub is better than anything Apple is likely to invent out of whole cloth. Most likely, they'd only come up with their own proprietary form of an existing format--including ePub--and who needs one more of those? ePub is arguably the best standard we have going (the best open standard, for sure). I don't see any reason not to promote its widespread adoption as-is, and not chopped into proprietary bits. Standards can be improved, Mike. And the XML base underlying ePub is better than anything Apple is likely to invent out of whole cloth. Most likely, they’d only come up with their own proprietary form of an existing format–including ePub–and who needs one more of those?

ePub is arguably the best standard we have going (the best open standard, for sure). I don’t see any reason not to promote its widespread adoption as-is, and not chopped into proprietary bits.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/epub-the-next-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-1114296 Mike Cane Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/epub-the-next-pdf/#comment-1114296 You're the one living in a fool's dream, David, if you think flat ePub is the answer. Standards count for nothing when the standards are crap. You’re the one living in a fool’s dream, David, if you think flat ePub is the answer. Standards count for nothing when the standards are crap.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/epub-the-next-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-1113872 David Rothman Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:04:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/epub-the-next-pdf/#comment-1113872 LOL. Keep dreaming, Mike. Me, I'm tired of the format of the month. We need standards so WORDS can count more and tech fads can count less. Cheers, David LOL. Keep dreaming, Mike. Me, I’m tired of the format of the month. We need standards so WORDS can count more and tech fads can count less.

Cheers,
David

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/epub-the-next-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-1113867 Mike Cane Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:29:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/30/epub-the-next-pdf/#comment-1113867 I really hope Apple *is* doing a Tablet *and* its own eBook format. Someone has to help push ePub into its grave. I really hope Apple *is* doing a Tablet *and* its own eBook format. Someone has to help push ePub into its grave.

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