Thread: NYT: Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair
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Old 06-07-2008, 03:46 AM   #32
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I think that if Adobe does it right, ePub could become the #1 eBook format. And what will be good is that hopefully ePub will be able to be viewed on a number of different devices. If that happens, I see publishers maybe willing to take the risk and release ePub format eBooks.
We already have a de facto "universal" format - MobiPocket. Mobi format books can be read on a vast range of different hardware platforms and devices. ePub may be "technically" superior to Mobi in some ways, but why re-invent the wheel?
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