Thread: Future proofing: Books vs. eBooks
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Old 04-18-2013, 07:38 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
To future proof my eBooks, I use ePub and any DRM gets stripped. It's the only existing format that has a chance of being able to be converted to something else (IMHO). I don't know if ePub as we now know it, will survive. I hope whatever ePub we end up with will be backwards compatible.
+1

Another possibility:

Amazon allow books originally purchased as MOBI for older Kindles to be downloaded as AZW3 for newer Kindles without any costs invloved so . . .

I wonder whether ePub sellers, (e.g. KoboBooks), will allow ePub3 books, (when this format is released), to be downloaded for free if you have already purchased the ePub2 from them? This would be a way of future proofing although it could mean a lot of downloading if you have a large library.
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