Is there a benefit to add Epub if using .mobi?

Tarana · 10-16-2012, 11:01 AM

In my family, we have 4 Kindles and one Nook. There will be an additional Nook plus an Ipad in the next 6 months. Is there any advantage for me to choose Epub to install into Calibre vs Mobi? I seem to recall reading that there was an order of preference. I prefer to use my Nook because that Trebachet (sp?) is easier for me to read than the standard fonts for either Nook or Kindle. So, what do you think? Does it matter?

theducks · 10-16-2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

In my family, we have 4 Kindles and one Nook. There will be an additional Nook plus an Ipad in the next 6 months. Is there any advantage for me to choose Epub to install into Calibre vs Mobi? I seem to recall reading that there was an order of preference. I prefer to use my Nook because that Trebachet (sp?) is easier for me to read than the standard fonts for either Nook or Kindle. So, what do you think? Does it matter?

EPUB is a superset format.
It supports things that Mobi does not.
Calibre can't put in what is not there, but it can down convert

twowheels · 10-16-2012, 12:20 PM

I always keep whichever was the original format that I got the file in. In this way I never risk losing formatting information and it's always as good as it can be on devices that support the source format.

If you are choosing which format to buy it in in the first place, in general epub is better, as theducks said, but that's still not a guarantee.

10-16-2012, 11:01 AM	#1
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,983 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Is there a benefit to add Epub if using .mobi? In my family, we have 4 Kindles and one Nook. There will be an additional Nook plus an Ipad in the next 6 months. Is there any advantage for me to choose Epub to install into Calibre vs Mobi? I seem to recall reading that there was an order of preference. I prefer to use my Nook because that Trebachet (sp?) is easier for me to read than the standard fonts for either Nook or Kindle. So, what do you think? Does it matter? Last edited by Tarana; 10-16-2012 at 11:07 AM.

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10-16-2012, 12:20 PM	#3
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,799 Karma: 13412766 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro	I always keep whichever was the original format that I got the file in. In this way I never risk losing formatting information and it's always as good as it can be on devices that support the source format. If you are choosing which format to buy it in in the first place, in general epub is better, as theducks said, but that's still not a guarantee.