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Originally Posted by Hitch
Quoth, dear: it's not irrelvant to the people who BUY Kindle formats from SW, now is it, if they have become accustomed to ET (Enhanced Typesetting) from Amazon. Right?
If the only practical way for a Calibre-mobi to also have hyphenation and ET is by added plugins, then the reader will not have the same experience as s/he would with an Amazon-produced file. That's my point.
Hitch
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Only Amazon can properly supply KFX.
Actually most people won't notice the difference. Amazon could update the KF8 renderer in the ereaders and apps. But KFX is really about DRM.
IMO as an epub2 is often used to generate KFX, the KF8 files could be rendered identically.
Smashwords don't know what sort of kindle you have, and for some it's not the model, but firmware level. Amazon does know, so can deliver KF7, KF8 or KFX. Actually they have a few other format too.
There is no sensible way for Smashwords or anyone else to do KFX other than by offering TWO Kindle download options, a dual KF7-KF8 and a KF8. That would be confusing as most people have no idea what Kindle formats their ereader or app does.
The dual Mobi will work on anything that does KFX and look nearly as good.
Also as Smashwords doesn't even make as good Mobi or epub from the default doc upload as people can from a GOOD docx (which is why they offer Direct upload for mobi & epub), I can't see them supporting KFX.
KFX and kepub are both nasty formats with small visual enhancements to distract from the fact that they are about DRM. Any KF8 renderer could easily be updated for the Enhanced Typesetting. It's the SAME source ebooks!
The Kobos could have an epub renderer that adds the features of kepub, except kepub actually gets some CSS wrong!
KFX is an example of the Big Publishers being obsessed by DRM and letting Amazon call the shots and a symptom of lack of regulation of big USA corporations.