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Originally Posted by Dabcar
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I am seeking advice and comment on what is the best course to take with the following circumstances:
We are hoping to provide ebooks for a smallish interest-group community via our website. We won't be publishing the ebooks via any of the major ebook outlets. Those downloading these ebooks will possibly have various devices.
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The exact nature of the ebooks and their structure (tables and other formatting
requirements) does influence what formats are appropriate.
Outside of that, I would suggest considering the format list that Project Gutenberg uses. In addition to inventing the ebook, they maintain the largest ebook library on the planet. They provide ePub, classic Mobi, and TXT in addition to HTML webpages for reading online in a browser. The Faded Page offers a similar list of format options, but does add PDF to the list.
Providing classic Mobi and ePub formats will cover the vast majority of reading devices and software. Adding the modern Amazon AZW3 format would offer more advanced formatting options for modern Amazon Kindle & Fire devices and Kindle software.
I wouldn't suggest adding PDF to your list unless your ebooks' formatting
requirements (requirements, not designer's whims) force you to use a fixed page layout. If so, then standard ePub, classic Mobi, and AZW3 aren't viable options.