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Old 05-05-2009, 06:59 PM   #57
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Where? I've read all three specifications and did not found any explicit hint for conversation providers.
See New IDPF format: Which software companies are aboard—and how .epub will help publishers:
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In implementing .epub, software companies handle files in one of two ways:

1. The software imports .epub and converts it to an end-user proprietary format. There are a bunch of reasons why a company might do this, the main one being that it wants its format to do things that aren’t covered or possible in .epub.

2. The software simply reads (or renders) .epub files that a user can use, similar to how your iPod “reads” MP3 files.
I'm not actually sure anyone is doing #1, but that was the original intent. Calibre is trying hard with ePub to MOBI, but it fails because MOBI does not have some needed capabilities (ePub to LIT via Calibre might be even closer). It would be possible for Amazon/MobiPocket to extend MOBI to support ePub via method #1, but they no longer seem interested in doing so.
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