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Thanks for the mini history on the mobi format, DNSB. Especially enlightening but certainly believable is the fact that Amazon just gobbled up (purchased) the format to tweak it as they wish for proprietary marketing reasons. In that they are certianly not alone.
I've a number of purchased pubs which offer the choice of epub and/or mobi. Being a current Nook HD owner up to now it's been a moot point. The publisher still offers the titles in this way as 'mobi' rather than 'azw' which from your response would be no mean feat to convert to epub using Calibre.
From a different post of mine I'd inquired about Kobo's built-in mobi support, forgetting that Amazon now offers their titles in azw. My thought was to buy one device for most all current, popular formats. I have since been enlightened.
One further question if I may? One main complaint of epub or for that matter even pdfs on a Nook HD is the exceptionally displeasing experience if a title contains graphics but especially maps. There seems to be no way to expand or may them larger and thus more readable. I'd read that the Kobos I've been looking at (Glo, Aura) have a pinch-to-zoom feature. If this is indeed the case it would be a huge plus in device consideration, if it indeed functions as it is described, that is. Is this a fantasy or false claim, or an actual for-real functioning feature? What's been your experience with it?
Thanks in advance,
Charlie
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