Google Docs Can Now Export EPUB (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 8, 2016 @01:43AM from the more-is-better dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The EPUB format is now available as an export option from Google Docs. Tests show that the feature can very accurately translate Word-style hyperlinked indexes into EPUB sidebar indices, offering the possibility of updating legacy documents to a more portable and open format. However, despite the completely open XML-based nature of the format, and how much better it handles text-reflow than PDF can, the paucity of easy-to-use editors — particularly in the mobile space — may mean that EPUB continues to be seen as a 'baked' format.

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well that's changed the calculus. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-03-08 02:13 · Score: 2, Funny

I certainly want to give all the documents I create to Google now! Before this, I wanted to keep them under my control on my own disk in my own computer, rather than transfer them to an advertising and mass surveillance company. But now, with EPUB supported, wow! I can't wait to give Google all the documents I create, along with all my email and records of all my search transactions!