My uh... random prediction *cough* is that both Apple and Adobe will have done some useful things for moving ePub workflows forward in 2012. However I'm very anxious to see what Apple releases tomorrow because it may set the benchmark and cause a big ripple effect that ends up benefitting consumers. Hopefully it's an iWork update with a nice new iPublish app or something like that with powerful but intuitive layout controls, and the iPad itself starts being a little more type-savvy and stuff like that in addition to ePub 3 support which seems like a foregone conclusion now (almost).
What would suck tremendously bad is if they locked any important feature here into iPad 3 only and future models. Hopefully all iPads are easily updated to accept more powerful versions of iBooks in terms of what they can render and such. Should work just like web browsers AFAICT. Update the engine and anyone who can run the browser benefits.
...into the light of a dark black night.
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