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Old 02-27-2008, 12:54 PM   #17
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Well, as I said at the start of all this, it's your choice.
No argument there. I knew (pretty much) what I was getting into. I had just hoped that Bookeen (having gotten the nod from Baen) would have offered a better choice than between "proprietary" and "page-layout" formats.

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You can either stick with the pretty ropey HTML support of the Gen3 (no images, no cross-file links, etc) or you can create functional MobiPocket books using any one of the excellent free tools which are available, either from Mobi themselves or as a result of tompe's hard work.
What free tools are those?

Sorry. I've been reading Lessig's Free Culture lately.

Mobipocket tools are not "free" as in "libre". They are free as in "gratis".
While tompe's work are "free" in both senses, his work will require a great deal of my time to get working correctly - effectively making the tools not "free" as in "gratis".

On top of that, giving support to a proprietary format is pretty much the dumbest thing we can do as eBook readers. That sends the wrong message to eBook vendors - namely that we will accept proprietary formats.
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