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Old 08-01-2007, 11:45 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
ePub. HTML with CSS files, ASCII files, all in a zipped package. If you can unzip it, you can read it on anything that can read HTML. Not limited to any piece of hardware (like a Palm). Even if styles and metadata are not supported, you can read the HTML. That's about as open as it gets.
If there are no styles supported, then it's not really an ebook. It's just another text file type format. Won't do at all.

Now, here's the kicker, what OPEN ebook format is there that will be sold by the major ebook publishers/shops (other then Baen) that is not full of DRM? Where could I purchase these open ePub books that I can then read or unzip and do with as I please? I don't see this happening anytime soon. The closest I have is LIT and the ability to strip the DRM and/or convert to HTML. So COMMERCIALLY, there won't be any open ebook formats for a LONG time.
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