Not exact matches
There were copious amounts of companies, such as LULU and Bookbaby, hyping their
ebook conversion services and many people were disappointed that there is no
universal standard for
ebooks.
If one thing is clear,
ebooks have a wild west feel and no one can agree on a
universal standard.
Hats off to the IDPF for working hard to create a
universal standard that has long eluded those in the
eBook publishing arena.
The flexibility of EPUB3 and HTML5 promise good things for the entire
eBook audience: publishers and designers will have one
universal standard to invest on their development; author and designer collaborating on creating an
eBook that is rich in multimedia content and professional look; readers can trust one ecosystem that takes them to the countless catalogues without looking up different manuals.
In other words, digitization of books allow «the greedies» to make the book something it's never been: pbooks are
universal and can be read anywhere, anytime and anyhow;
ebooks are files strongly linked to an ecosystem, an ecosystem led by hypocrites who are doing their utmost to imprison readers technically (DRM + EPUB alterations) while screaming «Hey, we're using an open
standard!».