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Originally Posted by odamizu
I'm the same way about epubs: I edit them as well, and they are my preferred format. This is one reason I resisted Amazon for so long. The other reason is I really wanted BN and its brick-and-mortar stores to survive. But when they started blocking downloads, they lost me.
I almost switched to Kobo, but the problems they were having with epub3 not downloading (now fixed) put me off. Plus, I dislike ADE.
Then I learned KindleUnpack could extract an epub that is very close to what you would get from BN or Kobo (all hail KindleUnpack developers!!). The main difference is you lose the filenames (you get generic filenames instead), but the content inside the files is pretty clean, especially compared to kepubs and Google epubs. (Note: This only works with azw3, which most books published after 2012 seem to be. If Amazon gives you a mobi or other variant format, you can still unpack and/or convert it, but you don't get an epub close to what you'd get from BN or Kobo. If this is an issue, you can always download a free sample first to see what format you get.)
I never thought I'd say this, but having epub as the goal and given a choice of going through ADE, NookStudy/Nook for PC/Mac (now deprecated and who knows how long it will continue to work), Kobo's desktop app (which gives you a kepub), or Kindle for PC/Mac (which gives you azw3), my first choice is now Kindle + KindleUnpack. Kinda crazy  |
What's different about Google's epubs? I thought they were standard ADE epubs. I download them using ADE.