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Virtual Pages Once and for All #73
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How we apply this:
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Draft of the Virtual Locators work: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GypOjE9xOTaINATl5bxVIA3Mc9jzNBGCr6GT_KNaQ4/edit?pli=1 |
@wareid ePub has not pages because it is reflowable. But the technical issues that have been pointed out several times in discussions on this repository (and even in the "Virtual Locators" document itself) clearly state what ePub producer simply have decided to assume, that is, that they better ignore further ePub proposals. They avoid bothering too much with the ePub format at all. It is just HTML code, easy to render with Web-Kit open-source library. All the rest is over-engineering, from their point of view. About annotations, it would be nice to have a real research among users, I think we would discover that their real needs are far from what we devise here, being mainly satisfied by the big tech companies, that simply perform A/B testing and check when income figure go up. Users nowadays use "second-brain" note-taking apps, that are in advance of any ePub standard. |
The addition of virtual locators as page breaks is effectively an invisible adjustment, only used when existing print page numbers are not added and when pseudo pages breaks have not be created for the reflowable format. There is a distinct need for page numbers in academic and research publications, especially when making citations. Educators and institutions will continue to prefer, whether it is right or wrong, pages for citations in publications, this is just filling that need when the publishing chain has failed to do so. |
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The problem of titles that do not have the print page number inserted into EPUB has been a problem for a long, long time. We suggest that the Publishing Community Group address this problem.
There are library systems that are willing to ingest EPUB and insert page numbers into the text, but they insist that there be an accepted mechanism for doing this. The Reading Systems should also agree to go to a virtual page number when none exist. In this way,We can resolve the many issues that lack of print page numbers present. This is essential for citations and collaboration.
This issue exists in the Publishing CG issue tracker
Digital Only Page Breaks#19
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