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Old 02-25-2012, 02:55 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
Speaking as someone who just went through this, publishers have two real options (I'm ignoring PDF/doc silliness): they can submit ePUB to Amazon or they can submit mobi to Amazon. And the mobi... comes from a conversion.
That's a good point, which I hadn't considered.

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And it's my understanding that Amazon STILL converts the mobi in a mobi-to-mobi process, DRM or not.
That I didn't know. I'd assumed they didn't, because I couldn't see any reason for them to do so.

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It's not the publisher's fault if Amazon has implemented a proprietary format and refused to release tools for developing within that format directly. Yes, the publisher should proof the results, BUT at the end of the day, there's not a lot the publisher can do to force Amazon to make mobi easier to work in. I do think that the Big 6 can and should hire a whole division for this issue, but if we're talking an indie author, it's another thing entirely.
To clarify, when I've complained about publishers in this thread, I've been thinking of the big 6. As you said in a later post, Amazon don't make it especially easy to proof the results, since you have to buy a copy of your book. I've done that with my books, and I'd imagine every indie could afford to do the same. The big 6 can certainly afford to do so.
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