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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Why should they improve mobi, when ePub is already there ?
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There are many people who dislike ePub. It may be a "standard" (whatever the hell that word means), but you can put out your standard...I can put out my standard....and (to inject some humor here) Bert the Zombie can put out HIS standard of ePub.
If the above paragraph seems nonsensical, then buy an epub from B&N and try to put it on your PocktBook, your Opus, your Astak, ad nauseum and tell me if it works. (Riiiiiiigggghttt, we're talking about the DRM scheme. Ok: Your implementation of ePub differs from Barb's implmentation of ePub. Actually, ePub is probably the best reason why ebook companies have strategically circled the wagons around themselves for a continued implementation and control of DRM in their ebook catalog.)
I call ePub (for want of a better expression), the "
Cult of Personality," meaning that any narcissistic wannabe can create her own ePub - and as long as she can do it, she'll do it every single time - to the exclusion of other ePubs.
Also, some of the ePubs (see comments above - narcissism and Bad Taste) look pretty horrible - sort of like a badly constructed web page. [Cult of Personality.]
There's a full discussion thread on this somewhere with an attached poll, if someone can provide the link.
Now, back to Murder, Mayhem, Dead Cats, Microwaves, Zombies, and Happy Feet.
Don