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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
You have a way to say a book is a dictionary, and you have elements which allow you to differentiate terms and definitions. So, everybody can know how to make and to use a dictionary.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
There are tools for creating Mobipocket dictionaries, and such a dictionary will work on any Mobipocket device (including the Kindle). ie a dictionary is a special type of Mobipocket book.
The ePub standard, on the other hand, does not mention dictionaries, so with an ePub device, dictionary support has to be added by the device manufacturer, and is specific to that manufacturer. A Sony dictionary can't be used on a nook; a nook dictionary can't be used on a Kobo.
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And here I was merely considering what dictionaries are available to buy and add to an EBR.
My inference is that to link a word in an ebook to a dictionary definition is one thing in a Mobipocket dictionary (software specific) and quite another in an epub dictionary (hardware specific). I assume the practical implications are that it's much easier to find/create a functional dictionary in a Mobipocket device vs doing the same for an epub device.
If the above is true, then Kindle support for epub becomes even less likely.