remember how i described our recent discussion as the equivalent of the car full of clowns at the circus? well, another door, on the other side of the car, has now opened up, and clowns are spilling out of that... at d.p., they've started a new thread in the forums:

http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=821590#821590

go there yourself to witness the wide variety of reactions since the topic started just yesterday, but i'll include one of the posts for some flavor.

How does one tell compatibility, if one does not have an epub reader? Does this mean I and other PPers need an epub reader? Which epub reader does one get-- looking I see so many? All of them? Are ALL epub readers compatible with each other? Well, I will NOT buy one! In this case that I now must ensure that my html is compatible to an epub, =I give up=. I am through.

even if he doesn't "give up" right away, at the mere thought of the new task being imposed upon him, i'd guess that larry will seriously consider surrender once he finds out that not only are no .epub programs "compatible with each other", but there isn't even _one_ which correctly implements the standard as it's written. meanwhile... the clowns keep on coming continuously... -bowerbird p.s. people were pointed to the web-based epubmaker app, but there was some question that it was "broken" yesterday... nice way to kick off the thread, wouldn't you say? :+) p.p.s. there's already been an admonition "not to panic"...