Re: [docbook-apps] Conceptual Questions and Customizations Regarding EPUB2 Stylesheets

[Carlos Araya <carlos.araya@gmail.com>]

Christian:

I run docbook-generated epub3 with multimedia added and hand-built epub3 content in my iPad without a problem.

For books generataed by others that work in my iPad use the following links:

http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/examples/epub3jp/jp24bis6.epub (vertical Japanese text, right to left reading)
http://www.elizabethcastro.com/epub/examples/epub3jp/jp24bis6.epub (manga, right to left reading)
http://files.infogridpacific.com/epub/a-christmas-carol2-3.epub (designed to be read in both epub2 and epub3 readers)
http://files.infogridpacific.com/epub/siddhartha2-3.epub (designed to be read in both epub2 and epub3 readers)
http://epub-samples.googlecode.com/files/kusamakura-japanese-vertical-writing-20120720.epub (vertical text, Japanese language)

All the examples but Kusamakura (the last one) opened in both iBooks and the Kobo app in my iPad. Kusamakura only opened and read in the iPad. 

I would like to see the files you're getting errors with. Where they validated with epubcheck?

Carlos

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Christian Brugeron <christian.brugeron@gmail.com> wrote:

In my experience with Hachette books, the kobo readers do not display the EPUB3 files (mybe not docbook's, but generaly speaking)

So we got back to epub2

I have the IDPF test files that I run from time to time on the IPAD, the closest EPUB3 compatible mobile reader, and a lot files are rejected ("unknown format.....").

My 2 cents

If you want you can send me some files, I will test them on IPAD and MOBO.


cb

Le 9 avr. 2013 à 15:00, Carlos Araya a écrit :

> Christian
>
> How do you define read fully?
>
> How do you ensure forward compatibility so that the readers that support epub3 will get a similar reading experience?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:30 AM, Christian Brugeron <christian.brugeron@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> EPUB3 is not read fully by any player on the market.
>>
>> Better use EPUB2 for then moment.
>>
>> cb
>>
>> Le 9 avr. 2013 à 14:23, Thomas Schraitle a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Carlos,
>>>
>>> On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 05:10:52 -0700
>>> Carlos Araya <carlos.araya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there any reason why not to use the epub3 stylesheets?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your answer Carlos.
>>>
>>> Well, I'm not sure if EPUB3 is that widespread than EPUB2. Older
>>> EPUB readers does probably not support EPUB3, so I was a bit concerned
>>> about compatibility.
>>>
>>>
>>>> As far as I can tell epub2 stylesheets are not being actively
>>>> maintained. Bob has done an awesome job with epub3 and thy should be
>>>> readable by older devices out of the box.
>>>
>>> Probably I should move to EPUB3 anyway. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gruß/Regards,
>>>  Thomas Schraitle
>>>
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