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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Of course, the same parallell happened with music distribution to an extent. MP3 was the first on the block so it was adopted, then along came OGG and AAC. iTunes has some success with AAC, but it's by no means the most popular. OGG technically gives you more for less and is more flexible, even AAC is an open standard, but MP3 still survives despite it being a lesser format.
Fraeunheuffer (spelling?) must be jumping for joy at all the licensing  |
The thing is, since Amazon are trying to play hardball, it might be relatively easy then for ePub to take over. If most devices, except the Kindle, handle ePub, then instead of having to come out with a version in umpteen different formats, the publisher just comes out with ePub (with Adobe's DRM) then we all can win. However, for that to happen, Mobipocket has to go since they want to be the only DRM on the block.