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I am certainly not against better standards or standardization for ebooks. I just don't believe that pushing one standard over another is going to help.
Epub might be better but it doesn't mean anything if Kobo does not support centered blocks. I was able to install FBreader on Kindle device to read epub directly but the navigation was worse than in the native Kindle framework, so I stopped using it. I find it easier to use Calibre to convert to mobi and then read in Kindle framework rather than use the original epub files in FBreader. Ultimately it is the device including reader software that is most important not the format.
Kindle should be improved (including support of more formats) but our demands for epub is not going to help much unless there is serious competition. If Sony, for example, would release a new reader with vastly better features and improved reading experience so that many people would sell their Kindles to migrate to Sony without looking back, then Amazon would be forced to innovate and provide similar or equivalent features. But as it is now, Sony is only marginally better while being more expensive.
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