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Old 04-10-2010, 11:14 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by alroy View Post
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.
While ADE supports ePUB the ePUB format is NOT Adobe at all. It is an industry standard idpf and was never own or operated by Adobe. Read the ePUB entry in the wiki for detail. Adobe has also released PDF into the standards committee and does not get fees for its use. However, if ADE is used and DRM is used then Adobe get a fee for the DRM server. Authors and Publishers use PDF because it is easy and readily supported on computers. It is the format often used for printing the books in the first place.

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