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Originally Posted by trekchick
You're absolutely right that until ePub defines and standardizes dictionary support, an ePub dictionary will be unportable to other devices for lookups. However, Kindle dictionaries are only usable on Kindle devices/apps, so the end result of being tied to the manufacturer is the same. And, if you'll pardon me for being Kindle-centric in the Kindle forum, Mobipocket dictionaries aren't usable on Kindle without chicanery beyond the scope of this discussion.
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Yes, but I think you miss one of the points: You can ADD Kindle dictionaries, what you like, something you can't do at other manufacturers (some of them do support stardict dictionaries, but not the main ones). So, yes, I'm tied to Amazon, but at least Amazon (and mobipocket) offers support to some of my needs.