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I think the industry needs to head in a direction that makes formats important to the reading device only... that is, what format the device uses to convert an e-book to be displayed.
A universal format, containing all the information needed to display a book, and used by all e-book vendors, would be the best thing to happen to the e-book industry. That would leave it up to e-book reader makers to decide what their device should and should not do and display from the universal format. This would make formats effectively invisible to the consumer, leaving them to decide what display features they desire, and therefore which device to buy.
I say that consumers should not have to ever think about format... only about what output they desire, and which device will give them that. Like driving a road: Everybody has the same access to the same road; it's up to them what vehicle to drive, and how they want to drive it.
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