Thread: epub or mobi: which are better for etextbooks?
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Old 12-12-2013, 04:13 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Asterisk411 View Post
I'm a student looking to get an ebook textbook for next semester and there are two choices with 2 different formats: epub and kindle
I have kobo aura HD and kindle keyboard ereaders, so I can read both formats. Is there a difference in quality of ebook formating between the two formats? A better format would mean a easier time learning the material.

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this is a technical textbook which is bound to have formulas in it. How these are dealt with is quite important for readability. It may be that they are using an svg file for them, or something else. If I am not mistaken, formulas are available in the EPUB3 standard, but the problem is that, even if the book is ok, many readers don't implement this standard yet, though Kobo is one of those which does, though not completely.

Unfortunately the free sample is not very useful, as you don't get any formulas there. It is an expensive book, I'd ask the publisher if they can let you have a free sample of a central chapter with some formulas in.
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