Is It Time for Scholarly Journal Publishers to Begin Distributing Articles Using EPUB 3? - The Scholarly Kitchen

"We are in the midst of a community transition, the extent and pace of this transition is worthy of consideration. Outside of the core e-book community, adoption of EPUB has been slow. In the scholarly journals community in particular, use has been lagging. The added functionality provided by EPUB 3 and its many new features are things that make the standard a viable option for distributing scholarly content of all types, including journal articles. But why has adoption been slower for scholarly journal publishers than it has been for other types of publishers?..."