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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
Yes, quite often.
But that the way the Epub format is promoted IS the problem.
Epub publishers don't tell you, "hey, you can read this on any PC you already own, just change the extension to zip and open."
Instead, "You have to use our reader/software," "Buy our device," etc. and they tremendously muddle the waters...all because they're locking up content with DRM that's incompatible between different distributors. All within an "open" format? Epub's "industry standard" and "openness" is a complete distortion of the truth because of DRM. 
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Well, true and I do hate drm, but the fact that it is html make it more compatible than many other formats. And I'm sure that's a big part of it's popularity/adoption since tools already exist to edit and display and convert...