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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
I concur that PDF is preferable because it's more standardized.
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I can't see them liking the idea of dealing with a competitor's proprietary/closed format.
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A lot of companies prefer to use their own formatting because it frees them from having wait for a standards body to 'rev' the format when their needs change.
And with Amazons size and heft in the market, this will soon be as standard as their other format.
A third point --> this is
good for Mobileread. With all the (ahem!
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discussions that this will cause, their page-views are going to double or triple.
