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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
My scenario could be implemented now. Yours can't, as it requires software not on reader's devices.
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Maybe... but if publishers don't want the extra work of multiple formats, multiple downloads, etc--which they don't--they just won't.
Yes, my scenario requires every device maker to create the appropriate software for compatibility with standardized formats... but that's not unheard-of in the HW/SW business. Just look at all the e-book devices that have PDF readers. And the first devices to achieve auto-convert, and can tell publishers to just create one format, the pubs will love it.
So: My scenario isn't ready today; and yours isn't being used today. I guess we'll see which one kicks off first!
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
And if the manufacturer is willing to create the software that will let their device automagically convert from ePub to whatever the native format is, their time and effort is better spent on software upgrades that will let their device read ePub native in the first place, and not require conversion.
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Very true... why convert, when you can just read e-pub? Though that's logical, there will always be a reader maker that will feel their reader does something special with content (like cue-ing up theme music or mood lighting with certain passages, or something silly like that), so it requires a proprietary format to do it, and thereby must be converted.
I'd guess there will eventually be native ePub readers, and the uber-special Mood-Lighting, John Williams Orchestral Sampler Readers that must convert.