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of these options, the last seems to me pretty obviously the best. Guess what? Every vendor took the EPUB3 standard, furrowed their brow, and wiped their ass with it. Apple, Amazon, whatever the fuck a Kobo is, even Calibre all went their own way on this issue, leading to [EPUB#EPUB-specific_markup monstrosities such as this] and gigantic wastes of my time. Even this godawful "solution" doesn't necessarily work, because Amazon insists on heuristics based off a link cycle. | of these options, the last seems to me pretty obviously the best. Guess what? Every vendor took the EPUB3 standard, furrowed their brow, and wiped their ass with it. Apple, Amazon, whatever the fuck a Kobo is, even Calibre all went their own way on this issue, leading to [[EPUB#EPUB-specific_markup|monstrosities such as this]] and gigantic wastes of my time. Even this godawful "solution" doesn't necessarily work, because Amazon insists on heuristics based off a link cycle. | ||
Speaking of Calibre. You tell people, "I wrote a book, now I need an ebook and it's cost me a hundred hours thus far and it totally sucks." They put their hand on their hip, look at you like an idiot, and say "just put your PDF through Calibre," and think they've taught you something. I don't know who's reading this, but unless you're Kovid Goyal, I was using Calibre before your balls dropped. I have code in Calibre. I personally know Kovid, or at least have exchanged hundreds of emails with him. We've discussed his poetry. You don't need to tell me about Calibre. | Speaking of Calibre. You tell people, "I wrote a book, now I need an ebook and it's cost me a hundred hours thus far and it totally sucks." They put their hand on their hip, look at you like an idiot, and say "just put your PDF through Calibre," and think they've taught you something. I don't know who's reading this, but unless you're Kovid Goyal, I was using Calibre before your balls dropped. I have code in Calibre. I personally know Kovid, or at least have exchanged hundreds of emails with him. We've discussed his poetry. You don't need to tell me about Calibre. | ||