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I don't think this is really a limitation of the medium - a properly designed ebook can have links, references, figures, etc. EPub does suck a bit for this purp
by makmanalp 10y ago
I don't think this is really a limitation of the medium - a properly designed ebook can have links, references, figures, etc. EPub does suck a bit for this purpose, since it does ignore a lot of typesetting cues, like page breaks. PDFs suck for a different reason - it can't adapt to different text and screen sizes. But we've already solved this problem - HTML does exactly this. Up with HTML books!
- trentmb 10y agoAren't EPubs just zipped HTML+graphic assets?
- makmanalp 10y agoWow, looks like you're right! Then why do epub ebooks suck so bad in general? Probably publishers don't care enough to make them nice.
- yarrel 10y agoFlipping pages is faster for fuzzy search and navigation. I love searchable text though. And a hardcopy book has a built in full-screen productivity mode...