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Originally Posted by alroy
I understand that ePub format is also an adobe copyright. If this is the case why are ebooks being put out in PDF format when Adobe is getting fees for the use of ePub format, as they do for using PDF formats.
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Dear alroy:
IDPF stands for International Digital Publishing Forum. For about five years this body has worked tirelessly to solve problems. THEY have called for EPUB to be the international standard. In five years they have made a huge degree of progress. They hold yearly meetings in New York every year to stress EPUB; but Kindle and Apple never attend. Thanks to them, we now HAVE a standard and most eBook Readers and Publishers respect it. Kindle, being Kindle, has been the problem. They own Mobipocket and that is not at all EPUB. Maybe Apple will attend the IDPF conference this year. We can only hope.
It is very hard to have a STANDARD when the largest seller of eBooks refuses to accept it or even participate in discussions.
Yes, PDF is a part of Adobe Digital Editions. Supposedly this is because PDF IS, in effect, a photograph. This allows photocopying of printed books to make eBooks. That is less expensive but not nearly optimal. You are very limited as to what you can do with a photographed document.