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Originally Posted by eboyhan
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Some here have pointed out that ePub has superior format and layout capabilities as compared with mobi/prc. While true, I believe this is irrelevant when considering mass market books. Mobi/prc is more than sufficient for the bulk of the titles in this segment. As for the professional/technical segment the additional features in ePub are insufficient: the bulk of the eBook titles in this segment are released in PDF format (notwithstanding the problems smaller ereaders have in dealing with this format).
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Typesetting is relevant, which is why most printed books aren't a simple printout from Word or plaintext ... even if it's just fiction or poetry.
PDF is not required for the majority of technical titles, in fact ePub is superior to pdf because:
1. Superior reflow and resizing, which is usefull for smaller screens. (PDF's require large screens and is still inconvenient).
2. It's just a zip file, so you can bundle program listings, datasets etc.
3. You can include MathML with SVG fallback.
The only reason you don't see a lot of awesome technical eBooks is the lowest common denominator approach, which is largely due to Amazon's incapable mobi and the fax-machine emulation format called Topaz.
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