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Originally Posted by Slider1960
I have had my Cybook nearly a year now, use it daily and love it.
I chose it because the advice on this forum was that Mobipocket was the way to go - more content, better pricing etc. etc.
I would like the idea of folders so would welcome the upgrade
But now I'm reading that epub is the way to go and perhaps I should be looking at the pdf version of the firmware update which looks like it might have a better supported life.
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The information you got back then was correct but - the only thing constant in IT is that everything constantly changes. Back then there was very little activity on the ebook front in continental Europe and Angloamerican ebooks were - and are still - mostly in .mob format. Because European languages were basically not present in ebooks European publishers have now an easy time to switch to ePub. They don't have to be afraid to lose existing customers as there were none to start with. So if you are looking for ebooks in languages other than English you will most probably have to sooner or later embrace ePub. If you read exclusively English language ebooks you would probably better stick to mobi.
This is valid in case you buy DRMes ebooks. If you read only non-DRM stuff than the decision is somewhat up to you. ePub is a new format and - as mostly happens - therefore has it advantages over older formats which didn't foresee certain developments back when they were created. It has, though, also some disadvantages (e.g. dictionary support) which depend much on your style of reading whether they concern your situation or not.
But with non-DRM stuff it is very easy to convert back and forth between different formats, so you might just give it a try...
Also, expect an (at least one) even better format to arrive within the next few year where everybody who buys a reader then will tell you that it's the only way to go. Don't worry, though, formats don't concern you that much really: If you buy DRM you have to stick to that format anyway. And if you don't buy DRM you can always change...