Thread: Foxit eSlick to support eReader?
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Old 01-25-2009, 07:48 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Let's hope that doesn't happen. Mobi has enormous benefits over eReader, both in terms of the number of eBook stores selling it, and "technically" in terms of what the format can do. eReader's underlying "markup language" is totally "non-standard" and extremely primitive.
If MobiPocket insists on exclusitivity it has to be dropped to be able to support ePub. Dropping it from readers will stimulate the development of new formats so it seems to be a good thing to do. And FBReader or other readers will be there to support the MobiPocket format without DRM.
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