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05-12-2023, 11:00 AM | #2072 |
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05-12-2023, 11:03 AM | #2073 | |
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I can't see how going with epub rather than prc/mobi/azw (KF7) based on Mobipocket wouldn't have delayed Kindle release by a year. It made sense for Amazon to do their own proprietary version of epub (azw3/KF8) which took them till 2011. The main difference is the encryption. Standard epub would have meant Adobe, which they had previously ditched. By 2011 they were the leader so azw3 made perfect sense for Amazon. Significantly, have they ever licensed the encrypted version of azw3 (KF8) to anyone else? Then KF10 (KFX) was developed with three aims: 1) Incremental delivery while you read. 2) Multiple levels of encryption, lowest is sharing to other Kindles not registered to you (not on AZW3 or epub with ADE). 3) Better suited to "Whispernet" (see also 1). I can't see why Amazon would ever support epub unless forced to by regulation. They have their own apps for all platforms except UNIX/Linux and less popular ones. They won't licence encrypted KFX or AZW3 to other eink makers unless forced too. They have no commercial reason. Yes, I'd like epub2 & 3 on Kindles (not going to happen) and all encrypted .Kindle formats on 3rd party ereaders, but that would require you to register your Boox, Meebook, Pockebook, Nook or Kobo on Amazon. I can't see Kobo or Barnes & Noble wanting that. Amazon makes little income in proportion from ereaders compared to selling ebooks. Why would they support epub? |
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And when exactly should Amazon adopt EPUB? As we have been talking, it make total sense timeline-wise why Amazon never support EPUB. Unless they are doing it from the good of their heart (which we all know is almost never the case with any public corporation whatsoever). The same reason Windows doesn't support UTF-8 natively, while both Mac and Linux does natively -- it's all about timeline.
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I didn't try old K4PC since at least one book (Bad Cree) was published in 2023. I returned both (will I get my gift card credit back?) with the reason 'Digital Rights Management issues'. Now I'll buy them from Kobo. |
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You've made me curious enough to check again. Maybe I didn't. Strange though, as it worked before. Last edited by ZodWallop; 05-12-2023 at 11:45 AM. |
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Yeah, the AZWs were in my recycle bin, so I tried again and they worked. I'm deleting them though as I already asked for the refund and rebought the books from Kobo.
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The epub is an open published spec, so not just Sigil & Calibre produce it but many bought tools used by publishers produce epub. It doesn't at all imply that they will offer epub for download (extra cost of royalty per copy to Adobe, or expensive bulk licence). Epub downloads will not happen unless publishers and Amazon go entirely DRM free. What non-Kindle customers? Quote:
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