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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Actually Mobi is obsolete.
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Obviously mobi is
not obsolete since so many still use it. Again, the definition of "obsolete" is "no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; ..."
The technical specifications mean nothing, especially since so many applications insulate you from those specifications. You basically plug in a document into an application and -- voila' -- out comes a mobi file. And, since most books sold for eReaders are novels, what difference does it make if mobi doesn't support the newer specs -- which are mostly there for diagrams or pictures?
But none of this really matters. Even if mobi files were useless (they're obviously not) the fact that the mobi format is still in wide use means mobi definitely is
not obsolete.
EDIT: I think it's interesting that even O'Reilly, who publishes only technical books, offers these three formats, ePub, Mobi and PDF.