Thread: Mobi and EPUB and why would I want to?
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Old 05-26-2009, 04:29 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by el.astrologo View Post
Hello all...

I have been formatting some ebooks for a while and since I own a SONY PRS700 I have always output it as LRF now I am wondering if I am doing right.

Why is it that one would want to have his ebooks in Mobi or EPUB format? Other than the fact that they could be read in several devices?

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It's easier to convert ePUB/MOBI from one format to another.
ePUB supports HTML 4.1 so the ePUB layout can be more elaborate than LRF/X
ePUB allows for multilayer TOC.

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LRF is faster
LRF supports justification / hyphenation.
ePUB created from calibre have terribly slow TOC

Personally I keep my source files as MS Word documents or MOBI/LIT and convert to LRF when I want to read the book on my PRS-505.

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