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eschwartz · 11-03-2015, 02:14 PM

And in case I wasn't clear enough thus far: I don't think AZW3 is better, and I don't have a preference for it (in fact, I actually agree that all things being equal, EPUB is better).

I just really, really don't like doing repeated lossy conversions, regardless of how "evil" and proprietary a format might be, as long as some solution exists and will continue to exist for as long as the python programming language continues to exist, which would allow me to create all the open formats I like without throwing away valuable data (said valuable data being still unfortunately locked away in a proprietary format).

11-03-2015, 02:14 PM	#48
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	And in case I wasn't clear enough thus far: I don't think AZW3 is better, and I don't have a preference for it (in fact, I actually agree that all things being equal, EPUB is better). I just really, really don't like doing repeated lossy conversions, regardless of how "evil" and proprietary a format might be, as long as some solution exists and will continue to exist for as long as the python programming language continues to exist, which would allow me to create all the open formats I like without throwing away valuable data (said valuable data being still unfortunately locked away in a proprietary format). Last edited by eschwartz; 11-03-2015 at 02:22 PM.