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Originally Posted by Quexos
It may be nonsense to you but it does not mean it is for others. So please just say you disagree but don't belittle others' opinions like that.
It makes sense because, with an epub reader I just load epubs to my reader and that is all, I'm done.
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Not every EPUB works on every reader, as HarryT pointed out. You claim to want ease of access, but that's not easy in my view. Also, you're stuck using ADE or whatever software the reader's manufacturer gives you, to get the books onto the reader, and you are dependent on Adobe's or the seller's whims with regard to device and computer activations.
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With the PW I must start downloading Calibre, spending time finding out how Calibre works, convert EVERY epub I have, with the risk of changes in lay out or font or whatever (With electronics and software there are ALWAYS issues sooner or later).
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Finding out how Calibre's basics work will cost you like... 15 minutes. Another 5 minutes to install the De-DRM plugin and set Calibre to convert to AZW3 on upload. That's about 20 minutes of work.
From that point onward, your books are automatically stripped of DRM, and automatically converted, and you get to keep your EPUBs untouched for whenever you may need them.
As of yet, there has never been an issue for me with converting books to AZW3, apart from one: Calibre can not yet convert ridiculously large books like the Delphi Classic ones. Some of them would number 20.000+ pages if printed as a paperback. I have been able to convert books up to 7.000 pages, and had to do the larger ones using Kindlegen.
However, when using normal books, you won't ever run into this problem. One would need to create some HUGE omnibusses to run into this limitation. (Even the George R.R. Martin omnibus of his first 5 Song of Ice and Fire books is not yet large enough.)
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You want to know what actual nonsense is ?
Kindle NOT having support for epub ...
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To be honest, I don't care (anymore). As long as Calibre can convert to the reader's format, I don't really care what format the reader uses. My base is EPUB2, because it's open, understood very well (as it's based on XML/XHTML), and it's nothing more than some zipped up text files. It's one of the best formats as a source to convert to other formats.
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Originally Posted by Quexos
As a customer I want to have ease of access...
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By spending 20 minutes to setup and learn Calibre's basics, one would open the avenue toward every reader, including the Kindle, without having to bother about DRM any longer.
That's what I call ease of access...
20 minutes for a "Do what you wish"-situation: seems a fair trade to me.