ok, this is a milestone that i've been waiting for...

amazon has announced the successor to its .mobi format.

"is it .epub?"

of course not, you idiot.  that's the dinosaur format.

kf8 -- "kindle format 8" -- replaces .mobi version 7, and
is based on html5, with css3.  (anybody got a calculator?)

it also contains some features related directly to e-books,
like drop-caps, callouts, and sidebars...  another inclusion
which i believe will prove to be extremely valuable is s.v.g.

as i said, i have been anticipating this development, and am
now more excited than ever about the upcoming release of
"jaguar", my text-editor with a unique e-book orientation...

-bowerbird