Thread: Can JK Rowling bring on e-book standardization?
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Old 07-28-2011, 10:32 PM   #196
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Originally Posted by EatingPie View Post
The following article states that four publishers have been told Amazon will accept ePUB in the future.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/am...pub-files.html

Another reason for standardization: it reduces costs for publishers!

-Pie
Given that he article is from May 19, 2011 and Amazon has yet to go ePub on the Kindle, Amazon say they now accept ePub means that Amazon is converting from ePub into Mobipocket so the Publishers just have to create one version and submit that for the Kindle.
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