Thread: Format Popularity Statistics from Smashwords
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Old 04-03-2011, 01:14 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by anurag View Post
Smashwords, an indie author ebook retailer/publisher, has posted an interesting overview of their format popularity statistics, making a case for publishing ebooks in multiple formats.

http://blog.smashwords.com/2009/03/w...ks-matter.html
If we accept the figures as valid, I'm pleased - and a bit surprised - to see that epub leads mobi, but I'm curious that pdf and txt are so high, higher even than mobi. Is this the iPad effect, cos if I were downloading ebooks to read on anything other than something with a screen to compare with a laptop, I'd definitely avoid pdf which doesn't shrink well, and in any event I'd avoid txt, which doesn't display well anywhere?
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