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Originally Posted by trekchick
In an attempt to circle back to and expand upon the original point (I might need Tom Tom to help me find it): ePub's lack of specification for dictionary lookup isn't necessarily a barrier to Amazon adopting the format (but not ADEPT - that's just crazy). Using Sony as an example, we see that robust and elegant dictionary lookups are possible. ePub's benefits probably outweigh the difficulty of integrating Kindle dictionaries with ePub. After all, Kindle 3's dictionary supports lookups in PDFs as well as mobi-variants, so part of the work is already done.
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I think the real barrier is not technical but commercial. Which would be the real benefit for Amazon? If there's no benefit (customer welfare is not a reason, we are talking about an enterprise
), I see no reason to change. And, if your device admits books from other bookstores, I think it's not good for you, so...