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Old 06-26-2011, 09:22 AM   #36
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Solicitous View Post
This astounds me a little. Perhaps my pocket pro has a poor implementation of ade but I find ebooks on the kindle far superior. I never have issues but with all the epubs I have bought there bad been justification and font zooming issues. Maybe if I had a more current ePub device my issues would be gone.

I somehow feel that most people aren't going to base their Ereader buying decision on whether Harry potter is on it or not. A small majority might but I don't think amazon is too scared. As poor as you and others have said that mobi is.......well the reported 65% of the Ereader market that belongs to amazon can't be that wrong.
I think an HP themed Sony with well made HP eBooks will influence people's decision of what device to buy. Would you want to read the HP eBooks in the Kindle's standard font or would you want to read the HP eBooks with all the different fonts that are in the pBooks? ePub can deliver this experience. Mobipocket cannot.

Also, having an HP themed Reader is going to appeal to a lot of people and not just kids. if Amazon does not go ePub and the ePub are that well made, I can see the reviews saying to go with the ePub and I can see people buying ePub capable readers just for that reason.

Granted, a lot of ePub are not well made but in this case if they are, this is going to be a big boon to ePub and a downfall for Mobipocket.
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