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Originally Posted by Jellby
For all the books I have created in mobi and ePUB format, the ePUB version is the smaller, most of the stuff being the same (particularly image sizes). Is that not being better?
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Most versions I see, the mobi is smaller than the epub. (Maybe they're usually leaving out the cover pic, or using a lower resolution one? Or not putting links/formatting in the mobi?) I admit I haven't experimented; I didn't like mobi when I used a PDA (much prefered ereader PDB), and if epub with the same content is smaller, then wow, Mobi's got nothing in its favor but popularity. (I'm not claiming popularity is irrelevant, but it doesn't say much for the long-term sustainability of the format.)
I don't think epub will be notably "better" for most people until someone comes up with a device that's good for textbooks, though. While a few people really do care about the difference between 10 pt verdana in dot-letters on a computer screen and actual typography, most aren't going to notice differences between the formats until one of them supports tables, charts, and cross-document links and the other doesn't.