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Originally Posted by TimW
The DX doesn't do ePub unless it has been hacked.
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You're spot on, Tim. So I've learned to use calibre to convert ePub straight to PDF for the Kindle. So far in my (admittedly limited) travels, ePub and MOBI seem to be battling it out for top spot (again, at least in terms of my fancies). So unless there's a specific reason to convert to MOBI, I don't mind pretty much any format, as long as calibre can deal with it. I also use Paper2 for technical articles, which is another reason to stay consistent with the PDF format, though for different reasons.
Getting back to the OT, it seems that with modern tools like calibre and Sigil and so on, it's pretty much down to a preference for conversion speed or conversion features that defines which source format I "prefer". Barring any other comments to the contrary, it does seem to be six of one and half a dozen of the other, when it comes to sources. My only rule is being able to textify and PDFify to my (very loose) specs, and I honestly can't tell the difference between a PDF produced from HTMLZ and one produced from the same content, but in SVG format.
There are obviously important differences in terms of the features and functions of HTMLZ and SVG, but so far they're irrelevant to me - which is actually a pretty nice place to be. I'm sure that will change though!
Thanks to everyone who's responded. It's been really instructive.