[tomsem]

Originally Posted by jswinden

I wish Amazon would buy Adobe and start using ePub. It is a better and more versatile format, and there are more tools available to make creating eBooks easy. Yes I know, it will never happen!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I like the idea of ePub, and especially the better TOC navigation, but what I find is that the various reading systems are not very consistent in rendering them, and the versatility comes with the downside that there are more things to go wrong, formatting wise. Then there are the somewhat annoying pauses that occur each time a new chapter has to load up. It's nothing that won't improve over time, and ePub3 brings some interesting things to the table, but right now I find the consistency and performance of Kindle mostly superior.

I think ePub will eventually make it to Kindle but it might take another year or two. Some of the ePub3 stuff is stuff Amazon is going to want to do, and they'll have a hard time getting publishers on board with 'mobi2', I think, especially since there's been no inkling that 'mobi2' even exists. ePub3 is going to take awhile to ramp up (well, there's iBooks, but it's just a start) & there's plenty of time for Amazon to join the ePub3 party.