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Originally Posted by EatingPie
An incredibly short-sighted post! Lack of standard has not affected your reading yet. Just wait until you like another e-Reader that supports ePUB, and all those mobi files you purchased won't work. (I'd also say "selfish," as you ignore all those other Kindle users who might one day want to switch, but have a library of useless mobi format books.)
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You don't know me well, so I'll excuse your ignorance. Suffice to say that my previous purchases will never be orphaned because of an ereader platform change. And as for selfish... well let's just say that I feel pretty comfortable in the knowledge that I've done my part so NO kindle user (or any other device)
ever has to lose their previous purchases because of a platform—or similar—change.
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Other than that, you just repeat your claim and offer no justification or evidence for your beliefs. It's purely "because I say so!" Sorry, but when there is one hold-out, we are indeed very close to a standard. If Rowling can force it (which is unlikely, unless she wants standardization too), the more power to her.
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Didn't know I needed to offer justification. I did qualify my statement with "I think." But if it makes you feel better... I agree with you: only one holdout is "very close to a standard." I just happen to think we're going to be "very close" for a good while yet.