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Originally Posted by HarryT
It was your tool that I was referring to, Tommy. It's worked beautifully on the files that I've tried it with! In any case, if Lauzon is converting files for his own use, the "reversibility" or otherwise of the format is irrevelent, since he'll have the original files to re-convert if required. I certainly don't think that being "proprietory" or otherwise is a reason to avoid a file format. The important thing (IMHO) is the availablity of tools to work with the format, not whether or not someone "owns" the specification. Largely thanks to you, we have some excellent tools available to work with MobiPocket files.
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It works well on many files. When i wrote my comment I had just had a lot of trouble with UTF-8 and problem with filepos pointing incorrectly.
The disadvantage with a format you do not have a specification of that works as a contract is that buggy converter programs cannot be detected. They might generate files that can be read on all readers but they might not generate correct files so other conversion tools will fail on the files.