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Originally Posted by eschwartz
So you use off-the-shelf, lossy conversions to EPUB as a base format, then reconvert the EPUB to AZW3 for sideloading to your Kindle, all with the same software tool, and then tell yourself "my library now has a longer shelf life"?
Sure. Whatever floats your boat.  |
No.
I'm getting all my purchased ebooks from Amazon. I'm converting those to Epub at my leisure as a sort of master library of all my ebooks. I'm using Amazon's format on my Paperwhite as it is downloaded from them.
I'm not telling myself anything. As a Linux guy I appreciate open formats, and have a natural dislike of closed/proprietary formats. Just because you do not see things that way does not mean these things do not matter to others. Some of us see Epub as a safer bet for the long run of preserving our ebooks in a readable format while Amazon keeps moving toward new, less open formats like kfx.