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fjtorres · 08-03-2013, 11:26 AM

Most ebook readers support multiple formats already.
The best do it seamlessly so that the user doesn't need to know what is in the file, just that it is an ebook and it works with their readers.
That is how Nook does it with graphic novels and magazines and how Amazon does it for everything: we techies know that Kindle files can be Topaz, Mobi7, Fixed-Format (pdf), KF8, even audible. Kindle is a brand, not a spec.
All that regular consumers need to know if that it is an ebook that works with Kindle readers and apps. Ditto for Nook. And to an extent Sony and Kobo.

08-03-2013, 11:26 AM	#59
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Most ebook readers support multiple formats already. The best do it seamlessly so that the user doesn't need to know what is in the file, just that it is an ebook and it works with their readers. That is how Nook does it with graphic novels and magazines and how Amazon does it for everything: we techies know that Kindle files can be Topaz, Mobi7, Fixed-Format (pdf), KF8, even audible. Kindle is a brand, not a spec. All that regular consumers need to know if that it is an ebook that works with Kindle readers and apps. Ditto for Nook. And to an extent Sony and Kobo.