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Old 12-30-2013, 08:18 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
What are the advantages to Amazon's customers of Amazon having its own ebook format rather than using the standard epub format?
For one thing, there was no Epub format when Amazon set out to develop the Kindle. There wasn't even an Epub when Amazon launched the Kindle.

Also, when Amazon bought Mobipocket in building the Kindle format, they acquired an industry standard format. Mobipocket met all of the requirements needed to comply with the Epub 1.0 standard. Oh, it wasn't called Epub but that doesn't change the fact that Mobi met the standards.

And so did MSReader, for that matter. If that confuses you then the important difference here is that the 1.0 standards all focused on production and distribution, not on serving up the same file to all consumers.

And to continue Paul's point, Amazon announced their new KF8 ebook format in October 2011 and released it to the world in January 2012. It's (mostly) supported by all of their devices and apps, including the 2010-era K3.

How is support for the committee-approved Epub3 coming along? Is there even one significant Epub vendor besides Apple that offers complete support for Epub3?
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