Thread: Some serious issues with kepubs
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Old 05-06-2013, 02:51 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by ShellShock View Post
Kobo have made rod for their own back by creating their own epub format; it means they have got to support two different rendering engines, and it confuses the consumer. kepub should be killed off.
You really want Kobo to wait for Adobe to produce a rendering engine that will handle enough of EPUB3 to display non-European languages correctly? Given that Adobe has withdrawn their roadmap, it's gonna be a long wait.

You want Kobo to supply a rendering engine that will support Adobe ADEPT DRM? Again, it's gonna be a long wait.

As for the average consumer being confused? I seriously doubt the average consumer knows or cares that there are two different rendering engines much less is confused by them. Most of the people I know who have Kobo ereaders simply go to a website, select a book and download/sync them to their ereader. Ditto for the Sony, Kindle, Android tablet, etc. users.

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