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Old 10-26-2009, 05:20 PM   #114
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma View Post
You are so correct. How about just one format? So that no matter which device you have, you can download books from any store or site?

Or would that make too much sense?
One format for all (text based, non graphics) fiction, maybe. One format for all fiction and nonfiction, no. For example, CBR and CBZ work just fine in their own niche. There is no need to replace them with Epub.

Think about paper books. Can mass market paperbacks replace magazines? Can graphic novels replace encyclopedias? Heck, fiction alone has 3 paper formats: hardback, trade & mass market paperback (and none of the formats have killed off the other two).
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