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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93
Ok, not to pick on you....
I don't understand why so many people say that the lack of epub support is negative for the Kindle? It would be like me going on a Nook thread and saying that the lack of support for mobi is a deal breaker. A Kindle is never going to support epub like a Nook will never support mobi. Get used to it and move on already. [/rant]
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Well, to help clarify my position:
epub is pretty common, not an exlusively B&N format. Many retailers use it in one form or another, admittedly with some cross-support hiccups. While Amazon should feel free to prefer their own standard, at least some basic support for a more widely available one would help win over people, IMO, from their Nook, Kobo, Sony, etc.
I don't expect a Nook to support azw or mobi because, really, very few to no other retailers sell those formats except Amazon. (If B&N decides to do it, I think that's an awesome idea. Personally, I was a bit peeved when they dropped pdb support post-N1E.)
In my mind it would be like Apple deciding iPods don't support mp3.
It's not a deal breaker for me, just something in the negative column.