EPUB vs RST
Een uitgebreide vergelijking van EPUB eBook en reStructuredText — bestandsgrootte, kwaliteit, compatibiliteit en welk formaat het beste past bij jouw workflow.
EPUB eBook
eBooksEPUB is the open standard for reflowable digital books. It adapts text to any screen size and is supported by most e-readers except Kindle. EPUB 3 adds support for multimedia and interactivity.
Over EPUB-bestandenreStructuredText
Documents & TextRST (reStructuredText) is a lightweight markup language used in Python documentation.
Over RST-bestandenVergelijking van sterke punten
EPUB Sterke punten
- Open standard — no vendor lock-in, no DRM required.
- Reflowable text — adapts to any screen size, font size, or orientation.
- Rich typography via CSS, embedded fonts, and SVG.
- Accessibility-first: native support for screen readers, adjustable text, and alt-text.
- Universal across every non-Kindle ebook reader and library app.
RST Sterke punten
- Rich directives for admonitions, code, math, and custom elements.
- Cross-references work within and across documents.
- Sphinx ecosystem offers best-in-class Python docs output.
- Standardized as part of Python PEP infrastructure.
- Plain text, version-controllable.
Beperkingen
EPUB Beperkingen
- Kindle does not support EPUB natively (Amazon wants you to convert to AZW3).
- Fixed-layout EPUBs (for children's books, comics) are awkward to author.
- Rendering quality varies between apps — some CSS works everywhere, some does not.
- Adobe DRM (ADEPT) or Apple FairPlay are optional layers that complicate portability.
RST Beperkingen
- Syntax denser than Markdown — higher learning curve.
- Less widely adopted than Markdown outside Python world.
- Multiple directive dialects (Sphinx, Docutils, custom) create fragmentation.
- MyST (Markdown + Sphinx) has pulled many Python projects toward Markdown.
Technische specificaties
| Specificatie | EPUB | RST |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | application/epub+zip | text/x-rst |
| Extension | .epub | .rst |
| Container | ZIP archive | — |
| Markup | XHTML 1.1 (EPUB 2); HTML5 (EPUB 3) | — |
| Standards | IDPF/W3C EPUB 2.0.1, 3.0, 3.2, 3.3 | — |
| Toolchain | — | Docutils, Sphinx, Read the Docs |
| Encoding | — | UTF-8 |
| Related formats | — | MyST (Markdown + RST directives) |
Typische bestandsgroottes
EPUB
- Novel (300 pages, text only) 200-800 KB
- Illustrated reference book 5-30 MB
- Fixed-layout children's book 30-100 MB
RST
- API reference page 5-50 KB
- Sphinx project chapter 20-100 KB
- Full library documentation 500 KB - 10 MB
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