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The world does not end at the US borders. Amazon is not as prevalent in other countries where ePub is more popular.
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And which Epub is the standard? B&N, Kobo, and Apple each have their own fixed layout format; the content is not compatible. There's also Kobo's own internal format as well as Apple's implementation of Epub3 as well as the iBooks format. So which is it? |
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There's simply no way for you to get around the fact that your beloved "industry standard" Epub has internal incompatibilities. So long as that remains true the Kindle format can't be faulted for not being compatible. Also, you ignored my point about the new iBooks format, which is yet another form of Epub. |
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Gee, we sure are lucky to have you around to pass judgement on what qualifies as Epub. Who knows what would happen without the Arbiter.
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Jon is absolutely correct, Nate. The iBooks fixed-layout format is an Apple-specific format; it's not conformant to the ePub standard and cannot be read on anything except the iBooks app.
The ePub3 standard does indeed specify a standard for fixed-layout books, but iBooks is not (currently) conformant with it (and neither is any other reader that I'm aware of). |
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B&N ePubs aren't standard because of the DRM. Apple ePubs aren't standard because of the DRM. Still think that there are more 'standard ePubs' sold than Kindle books? |
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iBooks eBooks may or may not be standard ePub under the hood once the DRM is removed. Same maybe goes for iBooks eBooks without DRM. But other then B&N & Apple, all other reflowable ePub (with Adobe Adept DRM) is standard ePub. Outside the USA, there is no B&N and Apple selling their flavors of things outside the USA is a vast wasteland. So outside the USA, most ePub sold is standard ePub. |
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There are no sales figures from Amazon. There are no sales figures from B&N. But given that there are more brands of readers sold that support ePub and there and given that Amazon was late to the game in other countries, would you not think that ePub would be stronger outside the USA?
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Oh, and you ignored the rest of my points. |
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So if I call KF8 ePub, would that make it ePub? No, it would not. Calling Apple's fixed layout format ePub is the same thing. It's not ePub. |
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But you're still wrong. |
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