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Originally Posted by mrmikel
No one has shown up yet, and anyone actively using Sigil uses Mobileread.
Hitch does not have the luxury of waiting around to see what happens, since this is part of her business. Any successful business has a sense of urgency, of getting done what must be done in a timely manner. As a hobbyist I can wait months to see of anyone pops up.
If it were my business, I would already be trying to see how I can switch over to something which will deal with the inevitable, if apparently glacial, switch to epub3 which is different from epub2 in its structure. I would be looking to see if there was anything else which could meet my particular business needs. That is just smart business. All it takes is something which is a show-stopper to pop up out of the blue to bring her livelihood to a stop.
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And if it were just me, I'd be less stressed, as well. But I am acutely aware of the responsibility to my crew, the other people who rely upon me to pay their mortgages, rent, groceries...in this economy, it's extremely unnerving to have that wearing on you, as it's not like jobs are plentiful on the ground, if my company rolled over and played dead. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not implying that we're the only game in town, of course we're not, but no small business owner can be unaware of that weight, of those other peoples' livelihoods. I just can't risk sitting around praying that the Savior d'Sigil will show up and start coding. That's the nuts and the bolts of it.
Hitch