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Critical question: epub? e-pub? ePub?

by Liza Daly

The IDPF says either .epub or EPUB, which have got to be the worst of all choices. For some reason PDF and HTML are fine with me because they’re unpronounceable, but I don’t like EPUB.

Epub?

ePUB?

Published: June 9, 2008

Filed Under: general

Tags: e-pub : epub : idpf

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I dislike all of them except .epub, but seem to be in the minority.

posted by Keith Fahlgren on 06.09.08 at 5:34 pm

I wrote a short article about this over on epubbooks.com there was also a TeleRead Poll on this very subject. On the whole the most favoured form seems to be ePub. So please, don’t be confused anymore :)

posted by Mike Cook on 06.09.08 at 5:37 pm

Ha, that poll was just before I started following TeleRead. OK then, ePub it is for me too.

posted by liza on 06.09.08 at 5:42 pm

FYI: IDPF; cheers!

posted by sokolov on 06.15.08 at 8:06 pm

Oops, corrected.

posted by liza on 06.15.08 at 9:15 pm

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