I just looked at the pie chart. I never would've guessed ePub would be so dominant already!
Of course, that is just at Smashwords, and has no bearing on anyone else... but it is a good indicator that knowledgeable e-book readers are buying into ePub.
Mark's comment about authors and publishers needing to supply as many formats as possible is admirable. My opinion is that the e-book reading devices should be able to read as many formats as possible, so that whatever format the e-book is provided, the device can read it. That would seem to me to be more sensible than forcing authors and publishers to provide the same product in 5+ formats.
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Originally Posted by starrigger
I don't even know what Fictionbook format means.
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Fictionbook format is just one more format... FB2.
You're right, Jeffrey, every site has a different demographic, and I'm sure it depends on customers, region, available readers, even dominant e-book genres (I've suspected that some genres favor certain formats over others, which can skew results further).