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Originally Posted by =X=
Yes my original post was about DRM, GntlmnBndt really captured my thoughts well.
But your post, response to Harry made me realize something. With all the goodness supported by the ePUB stantard. ePUB is only as good as the ePUB viewers implementation. Right now SONY's is just okay. In my opinion its the worst of the three mojor formats LRF, PDF. ePUB supported by SONY. It's slow and page numbers don't work correctly to name a few.
When it comes to downloading books from FeedBooks I still pick PDF over ePUB because it works better and the format look better on my 505. I don't think I'm the only one here who feels that way, there are a few other here who also have mentioned he prefer FeedBooks PDF over ePUB.
I guess that is also part of the reason why I am not excited about ePUB.
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yes, very true. but the epub viewers will evolve, hopefully rapidly. i consider a true standard format important enough to support it even before it's perfect (as a webdesigner, i have a strong bias in favor of standard formats...). and the current implementation should allow as attractive a presentation as most other formats (pdf being a bit of an exception).
i can understand being frustrated by current limitations of epub, which are to be expected (it's a young standard, still being defined, and viewers are young too), but i think the potential is worth getting excited over even now. and the more support epub gets, the faster the standard (and the viewers) will improve.