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K-Thom · 12-16-2010, 04:32 AM

Yup, Eastern Europe is FB2, so ePub still is far away from being a "standard". It's one of the formats out there, nothing more, nothing less.

Combined all Kindle models, all Windows Smartphone and still-in-use PocketPCs, the "prc-family" still has a very strong market share. And Amazon is in control of it. Why give it up? Or loosen the grip by adding support for ePub?

@ ATDrake: While I fully understand and support your desire to tweak your eBooks to your needs, please keep in mind, that you speak for those 0.1% of consumers who are tinkerers.
As you said yourself, the common end-users simply want to read. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even know what this whole ePub <> mobi was all about ...

12-16-2010, 04:32 AM	#24
K-Thom The one and only Posts: 3,302 Karma: 535819 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: yup!	Yup, Eastern Europe is FB2, so ePub still is far away from being a "standard". It's one of the formats out there, nothing more, nothing less. Combined all Kindle models, all Windows Smartphone and still-in-use PocketPCs, the "prc-family" still has a very strong market share. And Amazon is in control of it. Why give it up? Or loosen the grip by adding support for ePub? @ ATDrake: While I fully understand and support your desire to tweak your eBooks to your needs, please keep in mind, that you speak for those 0.1% of consumers who are tinkerers. As you said yourself, the common end-users simply want to read. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even know what this whole ePub <> mobi was all about ... Last edited by K-Thom; 12-16-2010 at 07:21 AM.