I'm looking for threads to read...

Her_Kitty_Daddy · 08-21-2013, 09:45 AM

I'm sorry if this is the dumb-of-the-week question. I've been looking and I've not found (yet) a thread (or threads) to read/follow that discusses "optimum" (cough) formats for storage. I also don't know if I'm barking up the wrong tree.

The answer I'm looking for is the answer to the question "What storage formats maintain the highest fidelity to the original work." (i.e. What storage formats do not drop any data that may have been present.)

I'm sure that I'm not the first person to search for this nor ask it but I'll be darned if I can turn up where this might have been discussed. It might very well be that there's no differences between formats in this regard but I figured I'd like to read the discussions about it/them to learn more.

In short, I'm looking for pointers here, not to start the discussion.

Thanks to all in advance and pardon my intrusion if this is the wrong place for this request.

theducks · 08-21-2013, 10:02 AM

to MR

Have you read the Wiki item? https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_formats

I prefer EPUB which has good CSS support and works natively on many portable devices.
HTML on a Computer allows more control and interactions than EPUB, but does not always translate to a device .

Almost all conversion (not just e-books) introduces Loss, Noise (strange artifacts

) Avoid conversion if possible. Editing is preferred to conversion as the edit (usually) only makes those changes.

Adoby · 08-21-2013, 10:22 AM

See also:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82220
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...e-book_formats
http://www.bim.net/epub-vs-mobi-vs-p...or-your-ebook/

I did research this myself once. The result was that I now convert to and store and use books as epub. Unless they only are available as pdf. Then they will remain as pdf. Epub is compact and the format that calibre use as a base format. Pdf is hard to convert to anything else.

08-21-2013, 09:45 AM	#1
Her_Kitty_Daddy Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: None	I'm looking for threads to read... I'm sorry if this is the dumb-of-the-week question. I've been looking and I've not found (yet) a thread (or threads) to read/follow that discusses "optimum" (cough) formats for storage. I also don't know if I'm barking up the wrong tree. The answer I'm looking for is the answer to the question "What storage formats maintain the highest fidelity to the original work." (i.e. What storage formats do not drop any data that may have been present.) I'm sure that I'm not the first person to search for this nor ask it but I'll be darned if I can turn up where this might have been discussed. It might very well be that there's no differences between formats in this regard but I figured I'd like to read the discussions about it/them to learn more. In short, I'm looking for pointers here, not to start the discussion. Thanks to all in advance and pardon my intrusion if this is the wrong place for this request.

08-21-2013, 10:22 AM	#3
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	See also: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82220 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...e-book_formats http://www.bim.net/epub-vs-mobi-vs-p...or-your-ebook/ I did research this myself once. The result was that I now convert to and store and use books as epub. Unless they only are available as pdf. Then they will remain as pdf. Epub is compact and the format that calibre use as a base format. Pdf is hard to convert to anything else. Last edited by Adoby; 08-21-2013 at 10:26 AM.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,939 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	to MR Have you read the Wiki item? https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_formats I prefer EPUB which has good CSS support and works natively on many portable devices. HTML on a Computer allows more control and interactions than EPUB, but does not always translate to a device . Almost all conversion (not just e-books) introduces Loss, Noise (strange artifacts ) Avoid conversion if possible. Editing is preferred to conversion as the edit (usually) only makes those changes.

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