Thread: .ePUB extension should be reserved for non-DRM eBooks
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Old 04-20-2009, 11:27 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Mobipocket has been doing this for as long as Mobipocket has existed. So has Microsoft with MS Reader. eReader is also guilty. Adobe has also with PDF.

So why single out Adobe for ePub?
Because it is attempting to be an industry standard. It should be setting the example for the future and correcting the wrongs of the past. In addition it is multi-vendor while the other formats were specific to one companies product. ePUB is supposed to be an industry wide standard.

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