Thread: azw3 vs mobi vs prc/pdb on a Kindle
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Old 02-09-2016, 09:40 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Sorry, by MS Reader format (LIT) was better than Mobi. LIT was what became ePub. Mobi was never the best. LIT was the best before ePub came along.
"Best" is a value judgement and different reviewers assign different rankings based on how they weight the various attributes.

If you place a high weight on market acceptance, number of books available, number of readers supporting, and number of libraries/stores delivering, you'll see that over the 40+ years that ebooks have existed the most successful formats have been MobiPocket (all versions combined) and ePub (2 & 3). TXT deserves recognition for length of support, but little else. After Mobi and ePub, the next most successful format would likely be ApportisDOC/PalmDOC, though it only reigned for relatively short period.
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