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archivator on Jan 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinve...

Well, virtually all eBook formats are HTML based (EPUB and Mobi definitely are). EPUB3 even supports embedded JavaScript.

It wouldn't have been impossible for Apple to push the CSS extensions to {CSS3}+1 and be using an open format. But no, it has to be Apple-branded and proprietary..

masklinn on Jan 19, 2012 [–]

'far's I know, iBooks and iBookStore uses EPUB + DRM. Those textbooks would be EPUB3 with extensions and a custom file extension.

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