Thread: Creator vs. reader and the Adobe EPUB monopoly
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:59 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
PDF is not a defacto standard. The only standard I have actually seen is plain ordinary text files. More devices can handle plain text files then any other format.
I believe we are talking about a widely adopted "standard," capable of displaying all current publication formats, from fashion magazines to novels.

The idea is, that when I get a publication, be it my Nylon magazine subscription, or an Updike novel, I should be able to view it on my desktop, and send it to my wife, to view on her MacBook.

This includes the ability to view it on my large-screen e-reader (albeit in BW, due to current technology.) But also, in a couple of years, when there are color reading devices, I'd like to be able to use the SAME file I have now.

The only such "standard" I am aware of, is PDF.
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