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Old 08-31-2010, 03:14 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Geppetto View Post
I wonder how somebody can tell things like "ePUB is the standard". Standard? Standard?

- half the ereaders sold in the world since eink readers do exist were Kindles, at least.

- Amazon is holding 75-80% of the ebooks market in 2010.

- moreover, the only decent 9-10" eink reader is Kindle DX
Those facts are true, but nonetheless ePub is an open, public standard, and Mobipocket (used by the Kindle) is not. You seem to be confusing something being a standard with it being the most popular.

However, outside the local US market, ePub is most assuredly the dominant format.
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