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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Mobi doesn't support several formatting features that epub does, so converting to mobi would nuke those features and they cannot be easily put back. If the only original format is mobi, then it won't matter, but otherwise epub (if it's not a converted mobi, of course) is certainly preferable. (Yeah, I get that to you it probably wouldn't matter at all, with your sledgehammer approach to formatting  ). |
Agreed. Mobi should just always be ignored, whether it's available for download (unless it's the only format available). And certainly nothing should ever be converted to mobi unless they have an ancient kindle (or palm pilot) that needs it.
Unfortunately there are still plenty of old web pages that tout mobi as the preferred format for kindles. When I first started with ebooks that was the impression I got, that mobi was the best. It wouldn't be so bad if the mobi was the dual one with both the new and old formats but that's an obscure wrinkle that I suspect that a lot of people don't know about and may get or create the single old mobi format.