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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
I don't know why you think mobi is a closed format. It has been around longer than ePub, and many publishers use it. You can easily convert docs to mobi format yourself, using tools like Calibre, Mobipocket Creator, etc. How is that closed?
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The myth of the Open EPUB strikes again.
MOBI/AZW3 has been reverse-engineered for a long, long time, cf. calibre and KindleUnpack.
Even without that, the tools for creating MOBI/AZW3 have been around and freely available for even longer.
Do note that MP3, DOC, DOCX, XLS, PPT are all proprietary formats. PDF was and still is in some ways, although the specification has pretty much always been available free of charge.
If it is the technical definition of proprietary vs. open formats that bothers you, then you are already doomed elsewhere.
If it is the practical definition of proprietary vs. open formats that bothers you, then MOBI/AZW3 is fully open, because it has long been 100% reverse-engineered.
If anything, EPUB isn't open for the simple reason that no 2 vendors implement EPUB the same way. Maybe EPUB is just a starting schema.
And iBooks and Kobo KEPUB mutate it in scary derivative closed ways.
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Originally Posted by mouha
Lastly a friend of mine just bought a Kobo Glo HD and it had changed my point of view: character are very clear and nice, but I'm still wondering if for someone
who regularly read paper books it's not too small and incomfortable ? the Kobo Aura with 6.8" screen may not still be enough for me.
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Most people who buy 6" ereaders regularly read paper books. My Kindle has always served perfectly for me in that regard.
I think you will find the Kobo Aura is more than big enough too.
Some people complain that 6" is
too big, they want the Kobo Mini to return.
Why don't you ask your friend if you can borrow his Kobo Glo HD for a day or two, and try reading on it to see if you are comfortable reading on something that size?