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Originally Posted by Jellby
ePUB has the advantage of being:
1) An open standard
2) Based on well-known and well-defined formats (XHTML, CSS)
3) Capable of decent formatting, and storing metadata
4) Easy to convert from and relatively human-readable
So, even if at some point ePUB becomes obsolete, chances are you'll still be able to retrieve with minimal hassle all the text, formatting and metadata.
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Agreed. Open standards is the way to go. People more easily adapt it and trust it more because it's not tied to any one particular company. And by being based on XHTML and CSS, it's something that you won't have to worry about ever losing the text and all it's formating. XHTML and CSS will be around for a while and any half decent programmer will know how to transform the text any way you want.