Thread: ePub vs Mobi, I don't get it
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Old 09-02-2010, 09:44 AM   #9
Tom Wood
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Originally Posted by K-Thom View Post
Amazon bought Mobipocket back in 2005. ePub was developed in 2007.
In 2005 Mobi/prc was very well established and (next to PDF) the cross-platform format. I don't know if Amazon would have made the very same deal in 2007 or rather just have waited for ePub to establish.
So, Amazon invested quite a lot of money. Too much money to drop Mobi and switch to ePub. And why should they? The success of the Kindle proves Amazon right.

But the ball is in Amazon's court. It could just drop the exclusivity licence and allow manufacturers to integrate a DRM Mobi next to a DRM ePub. Would make everybody's life a whole lot more easier.
This supports recent comments by Amazon where they said they didn't want to have to wait for advances in a third party format before they could improve their own platform. Seeing how they've been able to jump so far ahead of everyone else for market share, can't blame them.
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