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1. You should get to choose what reader you want without fear of losing your library. 2. Making it easier on the publisher might make it better for us. I'm hoping that instead of having to make Mobipocket copies, they can devote that effot to making better proofed eBooks. 3. This is different. ePub is the best format we currently have for eBooks. Mobipocket is not it. So not having Mobipocket would not be an issue. We don't need it. ePub can do everything Mobipocket can do to display eBooks on a screen. in fact, ePub can do more. If someone said, we'll can offer you ta Ford Focus or a Lexus at the same price, would you really buy the Ford? Sure the Ford will get you from point a to point b and back, but the Lexus will do it in more comfort and style. That's what this argument is about. We have two formats. One better then the other and both are the same price. Why would you choose the lesser of the two on purpose? Sure Mobipocket can display the text of an eBook mostly OK. But there are cases where it falls down flat. ePub doesn't fall flat in those cases. Take a simple graphic. In Mobipocket, it has to be on it's own. No text on either side. But ePub can have text around the graphic and it can look nicer. A blockquote in Mobipocket only has a left margin. In ePub it has left and right margins. Face it, Mobipocket has issues that ePub has solved. So why hang onto it when a better solution exists? |
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My definition of better is correct. What makes Mobipocket better then ePub? What can Mobipocket do for the eBook that ePub cannot?
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Most people know and recognize a Kindle in Colombia. El Tiempo, the most important newspaper there, has a Kindle version, and iPad version too. When I mention Sony readers, they have no idea what I am talking about. As a matter of fact, they are so expensive (Sony readers) that are being sold on selected cities and stores only, not the same for Kindle. The price of a Sony ereader is the equivalent to 1 or 2 months of salary for a regular Colombian worker. Yeah, we're a poor country, but that should give you an idea that prices are also important when getting a new ereader, hence the popularity of Kindle, which is not a bad device at a very competitive price. Moreover, my friends there they don't even know the differences or talk about file formats, as long as they can use or read their books on their Kindle. Last edited by jocampo; 08-10-2011 at 02:00 PM. |
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Once again, Mobi does exactly what I need. I don't want text around illustrations. I can zoom the illustration to the full size of the screen. I don't need block quotes. I have everything I need. If ePub is offering features I don't need, it is most certainly not better for me. You must be in sales, Jon...you don't take "no" for an answer. |
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By the way, Jon, here's your word-of-the-day from Dictionary.com:
sub·jec·tive [suhb-jek-tiv] adjective 1. existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought ( opposed to objective). 2. pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal; individual: a subjective evaluation. 3. placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric. Now, saying one of two reasonably equivalent items or choices is "better" is subjective. |
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While I can't do that, ePub lacks a big feature (more important for me than right margin or embedded font), and what you means is not a solution, it is only a workaround, as ePub designers should know. |
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So, I can tell you that, at least inn Spain, Kindle exists, Sony not a lot because of the price, and the other companies (B&N, Kobo) are simply a noun, if somebody knows them (I was looking at a Blackberry tablet at a big store, it has the Kobo app inside, I told to my friend about it and the clerk told me that I was the first person who had known the app). Last edited by Terisa de morgan; 08-10-2011 at 02:06 PM. Reason: Spellink mistakes |
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As for music, it's because one competitor began to offer DRM free, that other competitors were forced to follow suit. Plus, they've caught/sued so many people downloading music (and scared others into stopping), that much of the sales have been recovered. Quote:
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So it's hardly scarce. Unless the OP is outside the US - I don't know how common different formats are outside of North America. |
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If I buy an ebook, I should be able to do with that ebook whatever I want, as long as I don't make additional copies of the same book. As a matter of fact, I should be able to sell my own copy if I want, like a regular paper book, why not? I paid for it already, we live in a free world. With DRM protections, I am not able to read my books on a different device (forget about the format for a minute) So if 1 or 2 years I decide Sony readers are a better choice for me, if I don't break the DRM encryption I won't be able to read my existing books on that new device. I am stuck. It is not because is X or Y format, is because the encryption does not allow me to do that. Take for example B&N books. Yeah, they are ePub files. Can I read those on my Kindle? No. And it is not because the file format, it is because the DRM encryption does not allow me to use Calibre, convert, and move. I don't need a cop or a higher entity telling me what I can do and what I cannot. Remember alcohol? It was banned and illegal. Of course is not the same, but did not stop people from drinking. DRM is not stopping people from breaking it. There are no statistics about that. And the reason is simple, because people don't want to reveal that, it is still illegal on some countries. But it is happening. The whole DRM stuff is not to benefit end users, is promoting or helping companies to establish an eco-system where people will have to decide which one is better: B&N, Sony, Apple, Amazon. It should not be like that. I don't ask permission for lending a book to a friend. I should not ask permission for lending an ebook either. And with today's technology, it is also easy to make photocopies of a paper book, so there is not much difference, only that one is digital. Last edited by jocampo; 08-10-2011 at 06:12 PM. |
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